The Estimates contain requests from Vote Ministers for appropriations.

The Estimates outlines for the financial year about to start (the Budget year) expenses and capital expenditure the Government plans to incur on specified areas within each Vote, and capital injections it plans to make to individual departments.  The Estimates is organised on the basis of 10 sector volumes, with each Vote allocated to one sector.  Supporting information in the Estimates summarises the new policy initiatives and trend information for each Vote and provides information on what is intended to be achieved with each appropriation in a Vote and how performance against each appropriation will be assessed and reported on after the end of the Budget year.

See Budget Data for Excel workbooks containing the data published in the Estimates of Appropriations 2014/15.

See also the Summary Tables for the Estimates of Appropriations 2014/15.