Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR): Health and Social Services: Budget transfer request relating to restructuring

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A decision made 31 January 2011 regarding: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR): Health and Social Services: Budget transfer request relating to restructuring.

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2011-0007
Decision Summary Title :	Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £365,000 of restructuring provision to Health and Social Services		Date of Decision Summary:	26th January 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance & Information Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	“Delivery of the 2011/ 2012 Health and Social Services CSR Savings Target”		Date of Written Report:	26th January 2011
Written Report Author:	Director of Finance & Information Services		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Exempt (3.2 xii)
Subject: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £365,000 of restructuring provision to Health and Social Services.
Decision(s): The Minister requests a budget transfer from the T&R Restructuring Provision to Health and Social Services to the sum of £365,000 under Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005.
Reason(s) for Decision: The States recognised the need to invest funds to achieve savings as significant as £65 million over 3 years when it approved a Restructuring Provision of £6 million in 2011 and earmarked £10 million in each of the following two years. This current request seeks a transfer of £365,000 to ensure key elements of the CSR programme are provided that enable Health and Social Services to deliver changes that will yield £750,000 savings per annum.
Resource Implications: The T&R revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £365,000 and the Health and Social Services Department revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2011.
Action required: Ministerial Decision to be requested from the Treasury Minister to agree the budget transfer.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):