1 - Parliament has decided to cut the Travel, Hospitality and Conferences budget by $7.5M. The Department has decided to prorate this cut over the Vote 1 budget according to the percentage of budget per branch excluding the two branches with the lowest allocations as they cannot absorb the cut. Their portion will be divided evenly amongst the other Branches. 2 - Parliament has announced $90M additional vote 10 funding for a Woman and Children initiative over 3 years. In year one, the department expects to receive 28% of the funds, and an even distribution in year 2 \& 3. This funding is to be distributed evenly between Branches 2 \& 3 . 3 - A budget request has been approved for the acquisition of a new office building for $25 million. 95% of the funds will be received under Vote 5 and will go to Sector 7 . The remainder of the funds received will come under Vote 1 in a ratio of 40% to Sector 1 and the remainder to Sector 7 Show your working: 1- What is the new percentage of budget for Branch 7 in Vote 1? -10%-12%-13%-11% 2- What is the new percentage of budget for Branch 2 in Vote 10 in year 1 ? 20%23% 3- What is the new percentage of budget for Branch 7 in Vote 5 ? 65%33%