Public Finance Scrutiny Unit, Author at Research Matters

A screen shot of the departmental forecasting and outturn data dashboard

Departmental forecasting and analysis

15th October 20211st November 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in two parts: departmental expenditure

Finance

Departmental forecasting and analysis (January update)

2nd March 20212nd March 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in three parts, across five

Finance

Departmental forecasting and analysis (December update)

9th February 20212nd March 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in three parts, across five

Selected graphic from a bar graph showing Nov 2020 forecasting and outturn data

Finance

Departmental forecasting and analysis (November update)

13th January 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in two parts: departmental expenditure

Finance

Departmental forecasting and analysis (October update)

8th December 202013th January 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in two parts: departmental expenditure

Finance

Departmental forecasting and analysis (September data)

2nd December 202013th January 2021 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data for capital and resource spending in two parts: departmental expenditure

An image showing the Northern Ireland Budget Act 2019, with a selection of cash

Finance

Northern Ireland public finances: An update

5th December 20195th December 2019 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit Fiscal policy and the annual Budget

Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog article provides an update on Northern Ireland public finances in the absence of fully functioning devolved government. It

An image of closed shop units and 'To Let' signs

Finance

Is Northern Ireland underrated? Examining the context for a review of our rating system

6th June 201914th November 2019 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit Business rates, Domestic rates

Reading Time: 7 minutes On 9 May 2019 the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Finance (DoF) announced a fresh appraisal of the fundamental

Figure 1: Resources allocated at Monitoring Rounds 2011-12 to 2015-16

Finance

What is in-year monitoring and how does it work?

13th June 201630th May 2017 Public Finance Scrutiny Unit

Reading Time: 3 minutes Later this month, the new Minister of Finance will announce the outcome of the Executive’s June Monitoring Round. But what

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