Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

September 21, 2022 Dear Wilfred Laurence Labuson, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 20, 2022 04:27:55 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Annual Expenditures on Education, Agriculture, and Infrastructure from 2000 to 2019. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. You may access the requested information in the annual Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF) tables posted at DBM website (https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/budget-documents/2023/budget-of-expenditures-and-sources-of-financing-fy-2023). Specifically, you may find the annual expenditures on education and agriculture in BESF Table B.5 (Details of Sectoral Allocation of National Government Expenditures, FY 2021-2023) of the FY 2023 BESF. Meanwhile, the expenditures for infrastructure is reported in BESF Table B.3 (Infrastructure Outlays, FY 2021-2023) of the FY 2023 BESF. For the previous years, you may also access the annual BESF tables at the DBM website. Attached for easy reference are the screenshots of commands/menu to access the previous years' BESF. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman ([email protected]). Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Fiscal Planning and Reforms Bureau FOI Receiving Officer