evidence: The UUP’s 2016 manifesto states: "There was a time when we were net contributors to Her Majesty’s Treasury, now Stormont is dependent on an annual £11 billion subvention from Westminster every year." [...] Northern Ireland residents pay taxes directly to the UK Government. The UK Government then allocates the funding to its departments and the devolved administrations. The taxes generated within Northern Ireland are considerably less than the level of funding received from HM Treasury — the shortfall made up by a subvention. [...] HM Treasury is responsible for managing and implementing UK fiscal and macroeconomic policy, as well as determining public expenditure allocations across the UK regions. As a result, Northern Ireland’s Budget, along with that for Scotland and Wales, continues to be determined within the framework of public expenditure control in the UK.