2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Total
Total
Between Budget Spending
Contingency
-
182
182
182
111
657
160
10
agreed that Ministers:
10.1
should only seek funding from the general between-Budget contingency for urgent
issues that cannot be deferred to Budget 2010;
10.2
will be expected to demonstrate that they have considered opportunities to fund
pressures from existing baselines before seeking funding from the contingency;
11
agreed that no papers with fiscal and/or appropriation implications should be submitted for
agreement by Cabinet between now and 28 May 2009, to ensure that Budget Day
documentation is accurate;
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noted the impacts of the 2009 Budget Package as set out in the table below (including the
impact of Cabinet decisions already taken):
$million increase/(decrease)
Operating Capital
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Total
Total
New
spending
223 1,801 1,427 1,808 1,839 7,099 1,392
Savings
(173) (272) (486) (562) (544) (2,036) (90)
Net increase in spending
51
1,528 941 1,246 1,295 5,063 1,301
Allowance
-
1,450 1,450 1,450 1,450 5,800 1,450
Possible
contingency
(51) (78) 509 204 155 737 149
7
agreed to the initiatives for Budget 2009 as set out in the financial recommendations in the
accompanying submission under CAB (09) 176, subject to any changes and additional
initiatives agreed to by Cabinet in relation to specific Votes [CAB Min (09) 13/8(1-62)];
8
authorised the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to approve changes to other
initiatives where this proves necessary in finalising the 2009 Budget package;
9
noted that the Minister of Finance intends to set aside a reasonable between-Budget
contingency to enable the government to respond rapidly to events as they unfold:
$million increase/(decrease)
Operating Capital
