Public Expenditure
Northern Ireland
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a statement of his Department's expenditure in each of the last 36 months; and what steps his Department is taking to avoid an annual underspend.
Owen Paterson (Secretary of State, Northern Ireland; North Shropshire, Conservative)
Comparable figures for the Department as it is now configured are not available following the completion of devolution of policing and justice functions on
http://www.nio.gov.uk/index/foi/publication_scheme-foi/what_nio_spend_and_how_we_spend_it-foi.htm?keywords=financial+statements
The Department is committed to publishing the 2011-12 audited financial statements by July 2012.
The Department has in place a budget management process that allows the board to review any budget variances on a monthly basis and, if necessary, amend the budget allocation to ensure that funds are used as efficiently and effectively as possible.