Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR): Transfer of Savings to Provision for Restructing Costs

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A decision made 23 May 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2014-0044
Decision Summary Title:	Realignment of all States departmental budgets to reflect the final portion of procurement savings as part of the CSR programme		Date of Decision Summary:	22 May 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Realignment of all States departmental budgets to reflect the final portion of procurement savings as part of the CSR programme		Date of Written Report:	22 May 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The recurring realignment of all States departmental budgets to fund savings identified for CSR purposes.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the recurring realignment of all internal States department budgets from 2014 being the final portion of the £6.5m CSR programme and for these recurring savings to be returned to the Provision for Restructuring Costs.
Reason(s) for Decision: In 2011 Corporate Procurement began its transformation programme with cross departmental procurement projects targeted to deliver the £6.5m CSR Savings. Phase 1 of the programme resulted in £3,048,700 being removed from departmental budgets in 2013. The outstanding amount of £3,451,300 will be removed from departmental budgets from 2014. The approval includes the recurring sum of £1,584,898 from the 2014 budget in respect of the Treasury and Resources Department head of expenditure. Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: To transfer net savings of £3,451,300 from States-wide departmental budgets to the Provision for Restructuring Costs as follows: Chief Minister……………….…………………………………………….…………. £225,223 Economic Development …………….……………………………………….……... £177,136 Education, Sport and Culture…..……………………………………………...…… £177,957 Health and Social Services……………………………………………………..…. £750,000 Home Affairs…………………………………...……………………………..….…. £120,414 Housing…………………………………………..……………………………….….. £129,538 Department of the Environment………..…………………………………….…… £11,860 Social Security………………………………………………………………………… £16,395 Transport and Technical Services………………………………………….……… £91,579 Treasury and Resources ……………..……………………………………….... £1,584,898 Bailiff’s Chambers…….……………………………………………………………. £6,854 Law Officers’ Department……..……………………....……………………….. … £45,844 Judicial Greffe……………………………………………………………………. … £57,182 Viscount’s Department………………………………………………………………….£3,003 Official Analyst………………………………………………………………………. £1,971 Office of the Lieutenant Governor………….……………………………………… £1,295 Data Protection Commission……………………....…………………………………. £241 Probation Department….…………………………………………………………… £2,795 Comptroller & Auditor General………………………………………………………. .£9,291 States Assembly and its services…………………………………………….…. £37,824 Total £3,451,300
Action required: Business Manager to notify the Director of Accounting Services that this decision has been approved and for the £3,451,300 identified above of internal States departmental budgets to be transferred to the Provision for Restructuring Costs as set out above.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: