House approves 2018 estimates for constitutional agencies

GUYANA, Friday, November 17, 2017

The Committee of Supply approved a total of $8,057,837,000 for 16 constitutional agencies to form part of the public sector for 2018, at today’s sitting of the National Assembly.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said these allocations must not be viewed as cuts, “Rather these allocations take into account the economic outlook for 2018 for revenue, expenditure, and growth in the economy, challenges in implementation encountered in 2017 and annualisation of salaries.”

Outlined below are the agencies and their capital and current expenditure for 2018:

AGENCY	Budget 2017 + Supplementary Provision (total G$’000)		Budget 2018 Request (total G$’000)	Budget 2018 Approved (total G$’000)
1. Parliament Office	1,578,100		1,739,832	1,578,100
2. Office of the Auditor General	754,910		844,422	783,816
3. Public and Police Service Commission		91,603	158,709	95,140
4. Teaching Service Commission		123,952	125,158	125,158
5. Guyana Elections Commission		2,029,933	3,715,210	2,900,000
6. Supreme Court		1,766,079	2,753,863	1,874,730
7. Public Prosecutions		168,357	223,882	174,290
8. Office of the Ombudsman		48,311	64,098	57,813
9. Public Service Appellate Tribunal		35,052	105,550	51,884
10. Ethnic Relations Commission		84,982	142,269	86,534
11. Judicial Service Commission		10,020	10,020	10,020
12. Indigenous People’s Commission		24,424	27,372	25,683
13. Human Rights Commission		34,110	31,113	31,113
14. Rights of the Child Commission		41,581	53,805	42,695
15. Women and Gender Equality Commission		42,000	45,997	43,135
16. Public Prosecution Commission		138,319	251,912	177,666
TOTAL		6,913,139	10,293,212	8,057,837

These lump sum resources are within the purview of the agencies and can be used flexibly, the Minister noted.

The constitutional agencies’ 2018 budget estimates come 10 days before Minister Jordan presents the 2018 National Budget to the House.

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