Committee publication · Estimate memoranda · 11 February 2026

Northern Ireland Office Supplementary Estimates Memorandum 2025-26 - Annex B

From: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Summary

This supplementary estimate memorandum details budget changes for the Northern Ireland Office for 2025-26. It proposes a net cash requirement increase of £681.694 million, driven primarily by a £668.698 million increase in grants to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund, alongside £39.202 million in annually managed expenditure changes and £1.726 million in capital spending adjustments.

Key findings

  • Net cash requirement increases by £681.694 million to £27.428 billion, predominantly due to £668.698 million additional grant to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund
  • Resource DEL decreases by £4.232 million after budget transfers and reductions, including £2.4 million Finucane Budget Exchange and cuts to paramilitarism programmes
  • Annually Managed Expenditure rises by £39.202 million, with £22.5 million for recognition of legal claims and £12.9 million for Peace Plus funding
  • Capital DEL increases by £1.726 million through budget regime changes, primarily ICRIR RDEL to CDEL switches totalling £1.126 million
  • NI Human Rights Commission, Parades Commission, and Independent Reporting Commission receive combined budget increases of £558,000

Tone

Procedural

Topics

public-financedevolutionnorthern-ireland-governance

Key actors

Northern Ireland Office, Julie Harrison, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, NI Human Rights Commission, Parades Commission for Northern Ireland, Independent Reporting Commission, Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund

Notable line

Recovery. Non-Budget Expenditure: Expenditure arising from: Providing appropriate funding to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund for the delivery of transferred public services as defined …
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