Heads of Expenditure – Standing Finance Committee
Under the revised Standing Orders of the House of Representatives, the Leader of the Opposition can determine the order in which the Heads of Expenditure are examined when the House resolves into Standing Finance Committee.
The Leader of the Opposition provided the following list to the Speaker of the House and to the Government.
Order | Ministry or Department | Head |
1. | Ministry of Finance and the Economy | 18 |
2. | Office of the Prime Minister | 13 |
3. | Ministry of Trade, Industry, Investment and Communications | 48 |
4. | Ministry of Tourism | 35 |
5. | Integrity Commission | 37 |
6. | Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training | 72 |
7. | Ministry of Justice | 58 |
8. | Ministry of Science and Technology | 73 |
9. | Registration, Recognition and Certification Board | 11 |
10. | Environmental Commission | 38 |
11. | Ministry of Works and Infrastructure | 69 |
12. | Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development | 67 |
13. | Ministry of National Security | 22 |
14. | Ministry of Health | 28 |
15. | Ministry of Education | 26 |
16. | Ministry of Food Production | 25 |
17. | Ministry of Land and Marine Resources | 76 |
18. | Ministry of Gender Youth and Child Development | 66 |
19. | Pensions and Gratuities | 20 |
20. | Personnel Department | 17 |
21. | Ministry of Sport | 68 |
22. | Ministry of the People and Social Development | 56 |
23. | Trinidad and Tobago Police Service | 64 |
24. | Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs | 40 |
25. | Ministry of Tobago Development | 59 |
26. | Ministry of Community Development | 62 |
27. | Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism | 63 |
28. | Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development | 30 |
29. | Service Commissions | 06 |
30. | Statutory Authorities’ Service Commission | 07 |
31. | Ministry of the Attorney General | 23 |
32. | Ministry of Local Government | 42 |
33. | Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources | 71 |
34. | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 65 |
35. | Ministry of Public Administration | 31 |
36. | Ministry of Transport | 34 |
37. | Ministry of National Diversity and Social Development | 74 |
38. | Judiciary | 03 |
39. | Industrial Court | 04 |
40. | Tax Appeal Board | 09 |
41. | Ministry of Housing and Urban Development | 61 |
42. | Ministry of Public Utilities | 39 |
43. | Ministry of Legal Affairs | 24 |
44. | Tobago House of Assembly | 15 |
45. | Public Service Appeal Board | 12 |
46. | Equal Opportunity Tribunal | 75 |
47. | Elections and Boundaries Commission | 08 |
48. | Parliament | 05 |
49. | President | 01 |
| 50. | Auditor General | 02 |
The Standing Finance Committee will convene on Monday September 22, 2014 at 10 a.m. The proceedings of the Standing Finance Committee will be held in public and broadcast on the Parliament Channel.