Northern Ireland budget
The Northern Ireland budget is an annual act of the Northern Ireland Assembly, giving statutory authority to the Northern Ireland Executive for its revenue and expenditure plans. For the financial year 2024/25 the budget was approximately £15.2 billion.[1] The Northern Ireland Executive Budget Bill is presented to the Assembly by the Minister of Finance. The current Minister for Finance is Caoimhe Archibald who was appointed to the role in February 2024. Previously these functions were handled by the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Executive is ultimately accountable to the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and to the public of Northern Ireland for its use of public money and how its spending is allocated. The Executive allocates funding for areas which include schools, hospitals, policing, certain social security benefits, the economy, climate change and the environment, amongst others, from the Scottish budget. The Northern Ireland budget is primarily funded via the Northern Ireland block grant.[1] An agreement between the Northern Ireland Executive and UK Government, known as the Fiscal Framework, details arrangements on how Northern Ireland is required to manage its funding which includes limits on borrowing powers as well as arrangements for a reserve fund to allow the transfer of funding between financial years.[2]
Currently the only significant revenue raising that can be undertaken at Stormont is the regional rate.[3] Income tax may be devolved from 2027.[4]
Budget acts and orders in Council
[edit]Legislation | Citation | Type | Minister responsible for the legislation |
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Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 | 2001 c. 7 | Act of the Assembly | Mark Durkan |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 | 2001 c. 16 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 | 2002 c. 3 | Seán Farren | |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 | 2002 c. 7 | ||
The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 | 2003 No. 420 (N.I. 7) | Order in Council | Paul Murphy |
The Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 | 2003 No. 1885 (N.I. 14) | ||
The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 | 2004 No. 707 (N.I. 6) | ||
The Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 | 2004 No. 1996 (N.I. 18) | ||
The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 | 2005 No. 860 (N.I. 3) | ||
The Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 | 2005 No. 1962 (N.I. 12) | Peter Hain | |
The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 | 2006 No. 613 (N.I. 6) | ||
The Budget (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 | 2006 No. 1916 (N.I. 12) | ||
The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 | 2007 No. 914 (N.I. 8) | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 | 2007 c. 1 | Act of the Assembly | Peter Robinson |
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 | 2008 c. 3 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 | 2008 c. 11 | Sammy Wilson | |
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 | 2009 c. 5 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 | 2009 c. 7 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 | 2010 c. 6 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 | 2010 c. 8 | ||
Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 | 2010 c. 11 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 | 2011 c. 14 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 | 2011 c. 29 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 | 2012 c. 2 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 | 2012 c. 4 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 | 2013 c. 9 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 | 2014 c. 3 | Simon Hamilton | |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 | 2014 c. 10 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 | 2015 c. 4 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 | 2015 c. 7 | Arlene Foster | |
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 | 2016 c. 9 | Mervyn Storey | |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 | 2016 c. 30 | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | |
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2017 | 2017 c. 34 | UK Public General Acts | James Brokenshire |
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2018 | 2018 c. 8 | Karen Bradley | |
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2018 | 2018 c. 20 | ||
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019 | 2019 c. 11 | ||
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2019 | 2019 c. 30 | Julian Smith | |
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 | 2020 c. 1 | Act of the Assembly | Conor Murphy |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 | 2020 c. 3 | ||
Budget (No. 3) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 | 2020 c. 6 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 | 2021 c. 4 | ||
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 | 2021 c. 5 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 | 2022 c. 6 | ||
Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023 | 2023 c. 3 | UK Public General Acts | Chris Heaton-Harris |
Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Act 2023 | 2023 c. 43 | ||
Budget Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 | 2024 c. 1 | Act of the Assembly | Caoimhe Archibald |
Budget (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2024 | 2024 c. 4 |
See also
[edit]- Economy of Northern Ireland
- European Union budget
- United Kingdom budget
- Countries of the United Kingdom by GVA per capita
- Government spending in the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom national debt
Northern Ireland public finance
[edit]- Northern Ireland Audit Office
- Barnett formula
- Northern Ireland Fiscal Commission
- Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund
- Department of Finance
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The NI Executive's 2022-25 Draft Budget: an assessment" (PDF). Northern Ireland Fiscal Council. 2022.
- ^ Archibald, Caomihe (21 May 2024). "INTERIM FISCAL FRAMEWORK: WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT" (PDF). Department of Finance. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Campbell, John (4 October 2022). "Income tax: Consultation on devolving powers to Northern Ireland". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "Income tax: Stormont 'could get powers by 2027'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.