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Budget 2011-15: Savings Delivery Plan

The Budget 2011-15 outcome for education produced major challenges for the Department as the level of funding available over the period 2011-12 to 2014-15  was less than had previously been in place.  The shortfall between the Department’s anticipated spending requirements and the Budget 2011-15 outcome was originally some £101m / £187m / £229m / £306m across the 4 year Budget period.  A Savings Delivery Plan was developed to address the gap in funding.  These savings measures sought to:

  • protect spend on Departmental priorities;
  • bear down on unnecessary bureaucracy; and
  • protect, as far as possible, funding for frontline services.   

In the interim, a number of developments have taken place and the Minister has agreed a revised Savings Delivery Plan, as appropriate.  The most significant changes have been the announcement by the Education Minister on 17 November 2011 that he was reallocating an additional £10m / £15m / £15m into the Aggregated Schools Budget (ASB) in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively and his further announcement on 12 January 2012 that additional funding of £30m / £15m / £75m over the period 2012-13 to 2014-15 was also to be allocated directly to schools.   

As a result of these 2 measures, there has been a reduction in the level of savings to be delivered from the ASB, from that originally planned.  

The latest Savings Delivery Plan can be found via the link below and this will continue to be updated to reflect any further changes in spending plans.

Budget 2011-15: Savings Delivery Plan for the Department of Education - PDF 12KB