Transfer of Revenue Budget to Capital

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A decision made to approve a transfer from the Human Resources Department's revenue budget to the Visioning budget.

Subject:	Transfer of Revenue Budget to Capital - From Human Resources Department to Visioning
Decision Reference:			Exempt clause(s):	n/a
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):	n/a
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	n/a		Report File ref:	SS/1/30/01/2006
Written report – Title	Transfer of Revenue Budget from Human Resources Department to Visioning Budget
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Subina Shami (Advisory Unit Accountant)
Decision(s): To approve a transfer of £300,000 from the Human Resources Department’s revenue budget to the Visioning budget.
Reason(s) for decision: The Human Resources Department has identified savings of £300,000 to meet the requirements of the HR Transformation Project in 2006, which requires the budget to be transferred accordingly.
Action required: Subina Shami to arrange for the funds to be transferred.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)		Date of Decision:

Transfer of Revenue Budget to Capital

Date: 25th January 2006

TRANSFER OF REVENUE BUDGET FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO VISIONING BUDGET

Purpose of the report

To approve a budget transfer from the Human Resources Department to the Visioning Budget for the purpose of funding on-going HR Transformation Project initiatives during 2006.

Background

The Human Resources Department has been purposely identifying savings during 2005 in order to provide additional funding for the HR Transformation Project during 2006. On this basis the Minister is requested to agree a transfer of £300,000 to the Visioning budget.

DISCUSSION

The Human Resources Department has identified savings of £300,000 in order to fund the following items of expenditure which will arise in 2006 as a result of the HR transformation process:-

Items of Expenditure	£
Implementation of the HR system, which requires additional resources to oversee the “blue printing” stage of the implementation as well as bring together HR staff from across the organisation to agree standard approaches to key system design issues (e.g. absence management, multi employments etc.).	100,000
Temporary appointment of a Grade 11 to support all the work associated with the creation of the HR Shared Service Centre, particularly business process re-engineering and the agreement of standard HR processes across the States.	70,000
Purchase of Shared Service Centre equipment, furniture and funding of other ancillary costs.	30,000
Training and Development of staff to perform effectively in their new roles.	25,000
Employment of temporary staff to provide additional support during the period of creation of the Shared Service Centre and during the implementation of HRIS.	75,000
TOTAL	300,000

reCOMMENDATIONS

The Minister approve a transfer of £300,000 from the Human Resources Department revenue budget to the Visioning budget for the year ended 2005.

reASONS FOR THE DECISION

The Human Resources Department has identified savings of £300,000 to meet the requirements of the HR Transformation Project in 2006, which requires the budget to be transferred accordingly.