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Northern Ireland Office
Introduction
1. This Estimate provides
for the salaries of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
and his Ministers and for the administration of the Northern Ireland
Office in pursuit of its objectives as reflected in its Public
Service Agreement (PSA).
2. It provides
for the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; the support
and development of the criminal justice system; the enforcement
of law (excluding army costs); and the maintenance of a secure
and humane prison system.
3. Expenditure
of £8,089,000,000 in RfR2 represents a grant to the Northern
Ireland Consolidated Fund and transfer of European Union funds
and is classified as `Other spending outside the Departmental
Expenditure Limit (DEL)'.
4. Symbols are explained in
the Introduction to this booklet.
Part I
| £
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| RfR1: Playing a full part in implementing the Good Friday Agreement and representing the interests of Northern Ireland in the UK Government; supporting and developing an efficient, effective and responsive Criminal Justice System; upholding and sustaining the rule of law and preventing crime; maintaining a secure and humane prison service and reducing the risk of re-offending;†
| 1,178,634,000 |
| RfR2: Providing appropriate funding to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund for the delivery of transferred public services as defined by the Northern Ireland Act 1998
| 8,089,000,000 |
| Total net resource requirement | 9,267,634,000
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| Net cash requirement | 9,268,796,000
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Amounts required in the year ending 31 March 2003
for expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office on:
RfR1: Playing a full part in implementing
the Good Friday Agreement and representing the interests of Northern
Ireland in the UK Government; supporting and developing an efficient,
effective and responsive Criminal Justice System; upholding and
sustaining the rule of law and preventing crime; maintaining a
secure and humane prison service and reducing the risk of re-offending
expenditure on central administration services; VIP
visits to Northern Ireland; the Bloody Sunday Inquiry; Reviews
and Commissions arising from the Good Friday Agreement; expenditure
arising from the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Northern Ireland
Act 2000; forensic services; services related to crime; criminal
justice; training schools; probation and after-care; state pathology;
Crown prosecutions and other legal services; compensation schemes;
European Union peace and reconciliation projects; and certain
other grants; implementation of the Independent Commission on
Policing findings; security; the Police Ombudsman; the Independent
Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland;
the Parades Commission; arms decommissioning; policing; prisons;
and associated non-cash items.
RfR2: Providing appropriate funding to the Northern
Ireland Consolidated Fund for the delivery of transferred public
services as defined by the Northern Ireland Act 2000
grants to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund and
transfers of EU funds.
The Northern Ireland Office will account for
this Estimate.
| Net Total
| Allocated in Vote
on Account
| Balance to
Complete |
| £ |
£ | £
|
| RfR 1 | 1,178,634,000
| 507,908,000 | 670,726,000
|
| RfR 2 | 8,089,000,000
| 3,443,400,000 | 4,645,600,000
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| Total net resource requirement | 9,267,634,000
| 3,951,308,000 | 5,316,326,000
|
| Net cash requirement | 9,268,796,000
| 3,949,310,000 | 5,319,486,000
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| † | In the Vote on Account RfR1 was described as:-
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`Supporting and developing an efficient, effective and responsive
criminal justice system; upholding and sustaining the rule of
law and preventing crime; maintaining a secure and humane prison
service and reducing the risk of re-offending; playing a full
part in implementing the Belfast Agreement and representing the
interests of Northern Ireland in the UK Government.'
Part II: Subhead detail (Continued)
| Resources
| Capital
| 2002-03
| 2001-02
| 2000-01
|
|
| 1
| 2 |
3 | 4
| 5 |
6 | 7
| 8 |
9 | 10
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| Admin
| Othercurrent
| Grants
| GrossTotal
| AinA
| Net Total
| Capital
| Non-operating
AinA
| Net Total
Resource
| Net Total
Resources
|
|
| RfR2: Providing appropriate funding to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund for the delivery of transferred public services as defined by the Northern Ireland Act 2000
|
| —
| —
| 8,089,000
| 8,089,000
| —
| 8,089,000
| —
| —
| 7,999,000
| 5,130,000
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| OTHER SPENDING OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE LIMITS
|
| A | Grants to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund
|
| —
| —
| 8,088,999
| 8,088,999
| —
| 8,088,999
| —
| —
| 7,998,999
| 5,129,999
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| B | European Institutions (Net)
|
| —
| —
| 1 |
1 | —
| 1 |
— |
— |
1 | 1
|
|
| 150,618
| 878,490
| 8,245,957
| 9,257,065
| 7,431
| 9,267,634
| 55,494
| 869
| 9,173,207
| 6,098,295
|
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Part II: Resource to Cash reconciliation
| |
| £'000
|
| 2002-03
Provision
| 2001-02
Provision
| 2000-01
outturn
|
| Net Total Resources |
| 9,267,634 |
| 9,173,207 |
| 6,098,295 |
| Voted Capital Items |
| | | |
| |
| Capital | 55,494
| | 58,729 |
| 42,225 |
|
| Less: Non-operating A-in-A
| 869 | |
1,314 | | 564
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| | 54,625
| | 57,900
| | 34,582
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| Accruals to cash adjustment |
| | | |
| |
| Cost of capital charges | -36,236
| | -30,028 |
| -30,411 |
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| Depreciation | -33,602
| | -29,891 |
| -29,392 |
|
| New provisions and adjustments to previous pensions
| -1,150 | |
-1,250 | | 2,844
| |
| Other non-cash items | -1,394
| | -1,394 |
| -1,394 |
|
| Increase (+)/Decrease (-) in stock
| -13 | |
-13 | | -53
| |
| Increase (+)/Decrease (-) in debtors
| -416 | |
-416 | | -360
| |
| Increase (-)/Decrease (+) in creditors
| -8 | | -8
| | 84 |
|
| Use of provisions | 19,356
| | 7,660 |
| 115,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Total accruals to cash adjustments |
| -53,463
| | -55,340
| | 57,102
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| Excess cash to be CFERd |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| Net Cash Requirement |
| 9,268,796 |
| 9,175,767 |
| 6,189,979 |
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Part III: Extra Receipts payable to the Consolidated
Fund
No CFER Income or receipts are expected in 2002-03.
None were received in 2001-02 or 2000-01.
Forecast Operating Cost Statement
| |
| £000
|
| 2002-03
provision
| 2001-02
provision
| 2000-01
provision
|
| Net Administration Costs |
| | | |
| |
| Request for Resources 1 | 143,496
| | 150,657 |
| 138,037 |
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| Net Programme Costs |
| | | |
| |
| Request for Resources 1 | 1,035,138
| | 1,023,550
| | 830,258 |
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| Request for Resources 2 | 8,089,000
| | 7,999,000
| | 5,130,000
| |
| Total Net Programme costs |
| 9,124,138 |
| 9,022,550 |
| 5,960,258 |
| TOTAL NET OPERATING COST |
| 9,267,634 |
| 9,173,207 |
| 6,098,295 |
| of which: | |
| | | |
|
| NET RESOURCE OUTTURN |
| 9,267,634 |
| 9,173,207 |
| 6,098,295 |
| RESOURCE BUDGET OUTTURN |
| 1,178,546 |
| 1,157,090 |
| 859,458 |
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Notes to the Main Estimates
Reconciliation of resource expenditure between Estimates,
accounts and budgets
| |
| £000
|
| 2002-03 provision
| 2001-02 provision
| 2000-01 outturn
|
| Net Resource Outturn (Estimates) |
| 9,267,634
| | 9,173,207
| | 6,098,295
|
| Adjustments for: Net Operating Costs (Accounts)
| | 9,267,634
| | 9,173,207
| | 6,098,295
|
| Adjustments for:Capital grants to the private sector and local authorities
| | -4,352 |
| -9,995 |
| -1,420 |
| European Union income and related adjustments
| | 305,201 |
| 145,341 |
| 175,830 |
| Voted expenditure outside the budget |
| -8,394,201 |
| -8,143,803 |
| -5,305,227 |
| Unallocated resource provison |
| 11,114 | |
— | | —
|
| Other adjustments | | -6,850
| | -7,660 |
| -108,202 |
| Resource Budget Outturn (Budget) |
| 1,178,546 |
| 1,157,090 |
| 859,458 |
| of which: Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL)
| | 1,092,309
| | 1,056,836
| | 916,278 |
| Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) |
| 86,237 | |
100,254 | | -56,820
|
Reconciliation of capital expenditure between Estimates
and Budgets
| |
| £000
|
| 2002-03
provision
| 2001-02
provision
| 2000-01
outturn
|
| Net Voted Capital Outturn (Estimates)
| 54,625 |
| 57,900 |
| 34,582 |
|
| Capital Budget Outturn | 59,553
| | 67,895 |
| 36,002
| |
| of which: | |
| | | |
|
| Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) | 59,553
| | 67,895 |
| 36,002 |
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Explanation of Accounting Officer Responsibilities
The Treasury has appointed the Permanent Under Secretary
of the Northern Ireland Office, Sir Joseph Pilling, as Accounting
Officer of the Department with responsibility for preparing the
Department's Estimate.
The responsibilities of an Accounting Officer, including
responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public
finances for which an Accounting Officer is answerable, for keeping
proper records and for safeguarding the Department's assets, are
set out in the Accounting Officers' Memorandum, issued by the
Treasury and published in Goverment Accounting.
Analysis of Appropriations in Aid
| |
| £000
|
| 2002-03
provision
| 2001-02
provision
| 2000-01
outturn
|
| Operating
AinA
| Non-operating
AinA |
Operating
AinA | Non-operating
AinA
| Operating
AinA | Non-operating
AinA
|
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| RfR1: Playing a full part in implementing the Good Friday Agreement and representing the interests of Northern Ireland in the UK Government; supporting and developing an efficient, effective and responsive Criminal Justice System; upholding and sustaining the rule of law and preventing crime; maintaining a secure and humane prison service and reducing the risk of re-offending;
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| Income from sale of land and buildings | —
| 869 | —
| 485 | —
| 248 |
| Income from licences | 10
| — | 10
| — | 6
| — |
| Income from fees and charges | 64
| — | 64
| 1,005 | —
| |
| Recovery of costs | 7,324
| — | 9,328
| — | 7,752
| — |
| Income from other sales | 33
| — | 73
| 343 | 34
| — |
|
| Total RfR1 | 7,431*
| 869** | 9,475
| 828 | 8,797
| 248 |
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| * | The amount to be applied as operating appropriations in aid to the net total, arising from recoupment of electoral expenses, shared accommodation costs, receipts for the use of video conference facilities, certain pension contributions, receipts for accruing superannuation liability charges, fees and costs recovered or received for work done for other departments, recovery of compensation paid, arising from the recovery of costs associated with supplying forensic science services, costs and fees awarded in favour of the Crown, receipts arising from arms decommissioning, proceeds of prison occupational services, sale of surplus stores and catering equipment, creche fees, and tuck shop receipts.
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| ** | The amount to be applied as non operating appropriations in aid to the net total, arising from the sale of residential properties.
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Departmental Expenditure Limits and administration
costs limits
| Administration Costs Limits
| £000 |
| Gross
provision
| Income | Total
administration
costs limit
|
| Gross administration costs limits |
147,464 | -2,748
| 144,716 |
| Net administration costs limits |
4,349 | -4,348
| 1 |
| | |
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| Departmental Expenditure Limits |
| | £000
|
| Voted
| Non-Voted | Total
|
| Resource DEL | 1,068,689
| 23,620 | 1,092,309
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| Capital DEL | 58,977
| 576 | 59,553
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| Total DEL | 1,127,666
| 24,196 | 1,151,862
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1. Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and Accounts, but which are treated as part of Capital DEL, under stage 1 of Resource Accounting and Budgeting, as implemented in the 2000 Spending Review.
2. Excludes EU receipts included in Estimates, but excluded in Budgets.
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Contingent Liabilities
1. Miscarriage of Justice Compensation
(difficult to estimate based on court settlements.)
2. Equal opportunities and other employment
related claims.
Grants in Aid
The main grants in aid in the Estimate are the grants
paid to the Northern Ireland Policing Board (£889,659,000
and £2,500,000), the grant to the Juvenile Justice Centres
and Attendance Centres (£11,510,000), the grant to the Probation
Board for Northern Ireland (£12,777,000), the grant to the
Police Ombudsman (£4,869), the grant to the Police Rehabilitation
and Retraining Trust (£1,500,000), the grant to the Northern
Ireland Human Rights Commission (£750,000), and the grant
to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund (£8,089,000,000).
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