Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister's Department: Engagement

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A decision made 12 May 2017:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2017-0054
Decision summary title Restructuring Provision Transfer for Engagement
Decision summary author	Portfolio Analyst	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Restructuring Provision Transfer for Engagement
Report author or name of person giving report	Portfolio Analyst	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister accepted a budget transfer in the sum of £709,000 with indicative funding of £303,000.00 in 2017 and £203,000.00 in each of the years 2018 and 2019 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund the Change Management provision. A Restructuring Provision bid was represented to the Council of Ministers on 9th March 2017 seeking funding to support Engagement for the years 2017 to 2019 (£73,000 for 2017 had previously been agreed in principle on 27th January 2016), in the sum of £709,000 across the years 2017 - 2019. The Council agreed the request for the re-profiling and increased request as set out in the report of an additional £276,000 above that previously agreed in principle.
Resource implications The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £709,000 across the years 2017 to 2019. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount. The £709,000 in total is proposed to be drawn down in 2017, 2018 and 2019 but the amount for each year may be varied without exceeding the total amount for the three years 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 Policy and Research Officer to advise the Portfolio Officer that this decision has been approved.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister
Date signed			Effective date of the decision