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Budget transfer from Central Contingencies to Chief Minister's Department: Cyber Security Strategy

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A decision made 12 May 2017:

Ministerial decision reference    MD-C-2017-0052 

Decision summary title  Allocation from Central Contingencies – Cyber Security Strategy  

Decision summary author

Digital Policy Adviser

Is the decision summary public or exempt?  

Public

Report title  Allocation from Central Contingencies – Cyber Security Strategy 

Report author or name of

person giving report

Digital Policy Adviser

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Chief Minister accepted a budget transfer of 2.0 FTE and up to £756,000 in 2017, up to £544,000 in 2018 and up to £644,000 in 2019 to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure from Central Contingencies.

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 to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

Resource implications

The Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure to increase by 2.0 FTE and by up to £756,000 in 2017, up to £544,000 in 2018 and up to £644,000 in 2019 and Central Contingences to decrease by the same amounts.

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

Action required

Research and Policy Officer to advise Finance Manager – Corporate Group that this decision has been approved.

Signature

 

 

 

Position

Senator I J Gorst

Chief Minister

 

 

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

Budget transfer from Central Contingencies to Chief Minister's Department: Cyber Security Strategy

Chief Minister’s Office

Ministerial Decision Report

 

 

 

ALLOCATION FROM CENTRAL CONTINGENCIES – CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY

 

 

Purpose of Report

 

To enable the Chief Minister to accept a non-recurring budget transfer of 2.0 FTE and up to £756,000 in 2017, up to £544,000 in 2018 and up to £644,000 in 2019 to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure from Central Contingencies.

 

Background

 

On 9 November 2016, the Council of Ministers approved the draft Cyber Security Strategy and agreed to launch a public consultation. To enable the implementation of the Cyber Security Strategy the Council of Ministers also agreed to request that the Treasury and Resources Minister allocates a total of £2.02m to the Chief Minister’s Department.

 

In the intervening period the Chief Minister’s Department has had the opportunity to refine the timescales for commencing the Strategy’s publication and consequently the implementation, which will now take place in 2017. As a result the total cost of implementation will decrease from £2.02m to a maximum cost of £1.94m.

 

Funding will be assigned as follows:

 

Cyber security strategy key requirements

2016
£000s

2017
£000s

2018
£000s

2019
£000s

Total

£000s

1. Conduct bi-annual island-wide cyber security reviews

0

100

0

100

200

2. Define minimum cyber security requirements

0

50

0

0

50

3. Create an cyber incident response entity capable of responding to island wide cyber incidents

0

206

206

206

618

4. Plan for the future cyber landscape

0

50

30

30

110

5. Educate for the future

0

80

38

38

156

6. Jersey Information Security Officer role

0

150

150

150

450

7. Criminal specialist

0

60

60

60

180

8. Project manager role

0

60

60

60

180

Total

0

756

544

644

1,944

 

 

Recommendation

 

The Chief Minister is recommended to accept a non-recurring budget transfers of 2.0 FTE and up to £756,000 in 2017, up to £544,000 in 2018 and up to £644,000 in 2019 to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure from Central Contingencies.

 

Reasons 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 to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

 

Resource Implications

 

The Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure will increase by 2.0 FTE and up to £756,000 in 2017, up to £544,000 in 2018 and up to £644,000 in 2019 and Central Contingences will decrease by the same amounts.

 

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

 

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