To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department’s budget is in 2007-08; and what estimate he has made of the budget for 2008-09. (144791)

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO), including its agencies and NDPBs, has been allocated the following funding for 2007-08 as per the published Treasury Main Supply Estimates 2007-08:

The Department’s 2008-09 budget will not be established until the outcome of the 2007 comprehensive spending review is announced. This covers the financial years 2008-09 to 2010-11.