Report on excess votes (Northern Ireland) 2010-2011 : seventh report session 2011/15, together with the minutes of proceedings of the Committee relating to the report and the minutes of evidence

This report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Excess Votes is part of the Northern Ireland Assembly's control framework over Government spending. The Committee considers the reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General on resource accounts of departments that have exceeded the limits of expenditure authorised by the Assembly. In 2010-11 two departments incurred excess expenditure. The specific cases were: the Department for Social Development (DSD) incurred a resource excess of GBP10.2 million; and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) incurred a resource excess of GBP2.8million. On the basis of their examination, the Committee recommends that the Northern Ireland Assembly provides the necessary amounts by means of an Excess Vote