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

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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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