Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Taxes Office in 2017 & 2018: Debt Management

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A decision made 26 October 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2016-0084
Decision Summary Title:	Restructuring Provision Transfer for developing best practice in Debt Management		Date of Decision Summary:	24th October 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director, Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Budget Transfer from Restructuring Provision to Treasury & Resources Department for the development of best practice in debt management within Taxes Office		Date of Written Report:	24th October 2016
Written Report Author:	Finance Director, Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Qualified Exemption: Art. 35
Subject: The transfer of £204,175 in 2017 and £23,000 in 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to Taxes Office to fund the development of best practice in debt management within the Taxes Office.
Decision(s): The Minister for Treasury and Resources approved a budget transfer of £204,175 in 2017 and £23,000 in 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Treasury and Resources Department in order for the Taxes Office to develop best practice in debt management with the aim of delivering efficiencies and cultural change.
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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The Council of Ministers approved this restructuring provision bid at its meeting on 6th July 2016. The Contingency Allocation Policy published by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (R.10/2012) states that all requests for Allocation from Contingency will be considered by the Council of Ministers.
Resource Implications: The Treasury and Resources revenue head of expenditure to increase by £204,175 in 2017 and £23,000 in 2018 and the Restructuring Provision, held within Central Contingencies to decrease by the same amount in the corresponding years. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 to 2019.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director of the Corporate Group that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean Minister for Treasury & Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)