Comprehensive Spending Review: Transfer of Funds from Restructuring Provision

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A decision made on 3 August 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2012-0077
Decision Summary Title:	Comprehensive Spending Review – Transfer of £206,000 of restructuring provision to the Chief Minister’s Department		Date of Decision Summary:	23rd July 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director – Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Comprehensive Spending Review – Transfer of £206,000 of restructuring provision to the Chief Minister’s Department		Date of Written Report:	23rd July 2012
Written Report Author:	Finance Director- Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £62,000 in 2012 and £144,000 in 2013 from the Treasury and Resources CSR (T&R) Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department.
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £62,000 in 2012 and £144,000 in 2013 from the T&R Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure.
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 and £10 million in the 2011 and 2012 budgets respectively and the draft Medium Term Financial Plan has initially earmarked £8.1 million in the 2013 Budget. The Council of Ministers approved this request at its meeting of 7 June 2012 and Treasury and Resources Minister approved the transfer in his decision of 8 June 2012 MD-TR-2012-0052. Article 2(6) of the Public Finances (Transitional Arrangements) (Jersey) Order 2011 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. The Minister of the Department receiving the budget must also formally approve the transfer.
Resource Implications: The T&R Restructuring Provision to decrease by £62,000 in 2012 and £144,000 in 2013 and the Chief Minister’s 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.
Action required: Finance Director – Corporate Group and Director – Financial Planning and Performance to action the transfer.
Signature:		Position: Senator I.J. Gorst Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: