Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister's Department: Interim Communications Officers

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A decision made 29 January 2018:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2018-0015
Decision Summary Title:	Allocation from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department for funding of four interim communications officers		Date of Decision Summary:	25th January 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Allocation from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department for funding of four interim communications officers		Date of Written Report:	25th January 2018
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Non-recurring allocation of up to £120,000 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund four interim communications officers for up to 6 months.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring allocation of up to £120,000 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund four interim communications officers for up to 6 months, and an increase of 4.0 FTE for that period.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. For Public Sector Reform (PSR) funding the Council of Ministers has approved the delegation of its role described above to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to consider and, if appropriate, approve restructuring provision funding bids under £500,000 during the MTFP Addition period (2017 – 2019). The Executive Management Team approved the request by email on 25th January 2018. To comply with P.67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States.
Resource Implications: The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £120,000 during 2018 and the Restructuring Provision within Contingency to decrease by an identical amount. The authorised FTE and headcount of the Chief Minister’s Department will increase by 4.0 for six months. 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: Head of Decision Support to advise the Management Accountant – Treasury and Resources once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: