Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-sixth amendment. (P.51/2024 Amd.(26)) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment. Allocation of CYPES Budgets.

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision

The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision'

• What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address?

• Do children experience this problem differently from adults?

Amendment to P.51/2024 Budget 2025 – 2028.

In the Budget 2025 – 2028, the Children, Young People, Education and Skills Head of Expenditure has been split into two separate Heads of Expenditure to align with the respective Ministerial responsibilities of the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning and the Minister for Children and Families.

This ensures that Members can clearly see the budget allocation to each of the Ministries, ensuring Heads of Expenditures align with ministerial portfolios.

Following further detailed review of budgets since lodging the Budget 2025 – 2028, a more accurate methodology to allocate overhead budgets within CYPES has been used, and consequential adjustments to the split of approvals is required. This is a technical adjustment and does not impact the operations of the department. It simply ensures the Heads of Expenditure match underlying budgets.

The  amendment  seeks  to  adjust  budgets  accordingly  based  on  the  revised methodology. Following the amendment the heads of expenditure will be updated accordingly.

2)  Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected?

Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education; young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children; children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds; migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children

No groups of children or young people will be affected.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their rights?

• Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC

• Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision?

No impact on children's rights

4)  Is a full Children's Rights Impact Assessment required?

If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion

No on the basis, that there is no impact on the rights of children or young people.