§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement about the allocation to individual programmes in Northern Ireland of the public expenditure totals announced on 28 November. [5433]
§ Sir Patrick MayhewIn his unified Budget statement on 28 November my right hon. and learned friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced total public expenditure planning figures for the Northern Ireland programme. I have now decided on the allocations to individual programmes as shown in the following table. Copies of a more detailed statement have been placed in the Library. These allocations reflect my assessment of how best to distribute the Northern Ireland public expenditure totals in response to local needs and circumstances.
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£ million Programme 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Northern Ireland Office: Law, Order, Protective and Miscellaneous Services 858 860 850 Northern Ireland Departments Northern Ireland Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Services and Support 149 150 140
£ million Programme 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Industry, Trade and Employment 483 480 470 Energy 58 60 60 Roads and Transport 176 170 180 Housing 248 270 270 Environmental and Miscellaneous Services 243 250 220 Law, Order and Protective Services (Fire Service) 43 40 40 Education, Arts and Libraries 1,404 1,430 1,430 Health and Personal Social Services 1,578 1,620 1,630 Social Security Administration 162 160 160 Other Public Services 59 60 60 NI Block (excluding Social Security Benefits) 5,461 5,560 5,510 Social Security Benefits 2,383 2,480 2,590 NI Block 7,844 8,040 8,100 National Agriculture and Fisheries Support 165 170 170 NI Programme 8,009 8,210 8,270 Notes:
1Figures are rounded to the nearest £1 million in 1996–97 and to the nearest £10 million in 1997–98 and 1998–99.
2The figures to 1996–97 will form the basis for preparation by Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office of main estimates for the coming year. These will be presented to Parliament in due course.
3 Northern Ireland will also receive additional resources for the extra spending which will result from the Budget measures to help meet the costs of long-term care.
Table 1: Community background—percentage of strength RUC regular Full-time reserve part-time reserve Year CB1 CB2 Year CB1 CB2 Year CB1 CB2 1990 89.32 7.75 1990 90.27 5.45 1990 95.05 3.92 1991 89.33 7.72 1991 89.78 5.82 1991 94.92 4.09 1992 89.38 7.91 1992 89.15 6.08 1992 94.97 3.91 1993 89.14 7.90 1993 88.60 6.28 1993 95.03 3.74 1994 89.22 7.77 1994 88.30 6.44 1994 94.16 4.50 November 1995 89.06 7.91 November 1995 88.36 6.33 November 1995 93.40 5.20 Notes:
1. Information relating to community background is not available prior to 1990.
2. The latest figures regarding force strength are at 1 November 1995.
3. CBI refers to perceived community background—Protestant, CB2 refers to perceived community background—Roman Catholic.
Table 2: Recruitment—percentage male and female RUC regular Full-time reserve Part-time reserve Year Male Female Year Male Female Year Male Female 1985 92.3 7.7 1985 100.0 0 1985 100.0 0 1986 91.4 8.6 1986 100.0 0 1986 81.2 18.8 1987 89.8 10.2 1987 100.0 0 1987 59.2 40.8 1988 82.7 17.3 1988 81.5 18.5 1988 65.4 34.6 1989 78.2 21.8 1989 95.2 4.8 1989 44.5 55.5 1990 75.8 24.2 1990 91.2 8.8 1990 58.4 41.6 1991 85.6 14.4 1991 89.8 10.2 1991 45.7 54.3 1992 76.5 23.5 1992 81.8 18.2 1992 45.1 54.9 1993 78.7 21.3 1993 90.1 9.9 1993 47.3 52.7 1994 71.1 28.9 1994 76.9 23.1 1994 76.4 23.6 1995 70.9 29.1 1995 75.0 25.0 1995 46.0 54.0 Notes:
1. Information relating to community background is not available prior to 1990.
2. The latest figures regarding force strength are at 1 November 1995.
3. CBI refers to perceived community background—Protestant. CB2 refers to perceived community background—Roman Catholic.
540W4The EU peace and reconciliation programme has been provisionally allocated to the individual programmes and is included in the figures above. The allocation set aside for the partnership measure is for the time being included with the enviromental and miscellaneous services figures.