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Budget Transfer from Restructuring Provision (Information Services Department)

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A decision made on 15 December 2017:

Ministerial decision reference    MD-C-2017-0153

Decision summary title  Restructuring Provision Transfer of Funding for the Information Services Department

Decision summary author

Head of Corporate Change and Governance Office

Is the decision summary public or exempt?  

Public

Report title:  Restructuring Provision Transfer of Funding for the Information Services Department.

Report author or name of

person giving report

Head of Corporate Change and Governance Office

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Chief Minister accepted a non-recurring total budget transfer of up to £489,000 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund the resourcing the Initial Implementation of Data Protection Capabilities (GDPR) within the SoJ Departments.

Resource implications

The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £489,000 during 2018.  The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount.

This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017-2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.

Action required

Research and Policy Officer to advise the Head of Corporate Change and Governance that this decision has been approved.

Signature

 

 

 

 

Position

 

Senator Ian Gorst

Chief Minister

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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