Chief Minister’s Department
Ministerial Decision Report
Restructuring Provision Transfer for Corporate Change POrtfolio Office
- Purpose of Report
To enable the Chief Minister to accept a revenue budget transfer in the sum of £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund the Corporate Change Portfolio Office function.
- Background
A Restructuring Provision bid was presented to the Council of Ministers on 27th January 2016 seeking funding to support the Portfolio Office during the 2016-2019 MTFP2 period. At that time, the Council agreed the 2016 funding and agreed in principle, the request for funding for 2017.
A Restructuring Provision bid was represented to the Council of Ministers on 9th March 2017 seeking funding to support the Portfolio Office for the years 2017 to 2019, in the sum of £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019. The Council agreed the requests for funding for the years 2017 to 2019.
The Corporate Portfolio Office is the governance and assurance support function for the Chief Executive, covering:
- the £19m Restructuring Provision Fund (2017-2019);
- Public Sector Reform change programmes and projects;
- the savings programme as set out in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2 (MTFP2);
- Management of Audit and scrutiny (Public Accounts Committee, Comptroller and Auditor General, internal audit);
- Forensic financial reviews.
- Recommendation
The Chief Minister to accept a budget transfer of £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure to fund the Corporate Change Portfolio Office.
- Reason for Decision
The Council of Ministers acknowledged that investment will be required to ensure Public Sector Reform is successful, and approved various requests at a meeting on 27th January 2016.
- Resource Implications
The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount and the temporary FTE in CMD to increase by one.
This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017-2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Report author : Portfolio Analyst, Chief Minister’s Department | Document date: 15th March 2017 |
Quality Assurance / Review : | File Path: L:Drive/Fileplan/100 Corporate/Executive/01-CM/13-MDs/2017 |
MD sponsor : Chief Minister |