Budget Transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister's Department: Corporate Change Portfolio Office

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A decision made 21 March 2017:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2017-0035
Decision summary title Restructuring Provision Transfer for the Corporate Change Portfolio Office
Decision summary author	Portfolio Analyst	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Restructuring Provision Transfer for the Corporate Change Portfolio Office
Report author or name of person giving report	Portfolio Analyst	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister accepted a budget transfer in the sum of £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund the Corporate Change Portfolio Office. A Restructuring Provision bid was presented to the Council of Ministers on 27th January 2016 seeking funding to support the Portfolio Office during the 2016-2019 MTFP2 period. The Council agreed the 2016 funding in the sum of £760,000.00 and agreed ‘in principle’ the requests for funding for the years 2017 to 2019. A Restructuring Provision bid was represented to the Council of Ministers on 9th March 2017 seeking funding to support the Portfolio Office for the years 2017 to 2019, in the sum of £345,500.00 in 2017 and £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019. The Council agreed the requests for funding for the years 2017 to 2019.
Resource implications The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £345,500.00 in 2017 and by £697,000.00 in the years 2018 and 2019. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount and the temporary FTE in CMD to increase by one. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 - 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required Policy and Research Officer to advise the Portfolio Officer that this decision has been approved.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister
Date signed			Effective date of the decision