Policy background The Northern Ireland Budget Act 2019
This Act is a minimal step to ensure that public services can continue to be provided in Northern Ireland for the full financial year. It leaves in place the requirement for devolved spending decisions to be made by the Northern Ireland Executive or, in the ongoing absence of Ministers, the Northern Ireland Civil Service. In addition the allocations set out in the Act continue to be based on the advice of the Northern Ireland departments.
	No new money was voted as a result of the Act. Instead it appropriates sums already provided to the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland through the UK Estimates process, together with revenue generated within Northern Ireland under the Assembly’s devolved powers.