Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision for the review of options for future of Sport and Culture delivery

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A decision made 1 July 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2016-0029
Decision Summary Title :	Public Sector Reform –Allocation from Restructuring Provision for the Review of Sport and Culture delivery		Date of Decision Summary:	24th June 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Deputy Chief Officer		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Public Sector Reform –Allocation from Restructuring Provision for the Review of Sport and Culture delivery		Date of Written Report:	24th June 2016
Written Report Author:	Deputy Chief Officer		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt Article 33 & 35
Subject: Public Sector Reform – Allocation of £181,500 from the Restructuring Provision for the review of options for the future of Sport and Culture delivery.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the 2016 allocation of £181,500 from the Restructuring Provision to the Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture.
Reason(s) for Decision: As part of the measures adopted by the States to balance the Consolidated Fund by 2019, all departments have been asked to identify savings over the next three years. The Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Department’s savings allocation of £2,500,000 for 2017-2019 will be delivered through a combination of efficiencies across all service areas and where appropriate a fundamental change in the way services are delivered. Sport and Culture are areas where significant savings could potentially be made and funding of work to evaluate options for future service delivery changes is required over the next three and half years, in order to capture such savings. The Council of Ministers agreed, on 23rd June 2016, to the funding of £181,500 from the Restructuring Provision for the Review of future Sport and Culture delivery. Funding of up to £110,250 was approved for 2016, £41,250 in 2017, £7,500 in 2018 and £22,500 in 2019. The States recognised the need to invest funds to achieve success in the Public Sector Reform (PSR) Programme when it approved a Restructuring Provision in the Medium Term Financial Plan. This decision will enable a comprehensive review of Sport and Culture delivery to be carried out over the next three and half years. 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.
Resource Implications: The Restructuring Provision will decrease by up to £110,250 in 2016, £41,250 in 2017, £7,500 in 2018 and £22,500 in 2019 and the Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Department’s budget will increase by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2016 and the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture to seek approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the transfer.
Signature: Senator L J Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)