Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Home Affairs to deliver Comprehensive Spending Review 2012 proposals

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A decision made 19 January 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2012-0008
Decision Summary Title:	Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Allocation of Restructuring Provision to Home Affairs		Date of Decision Summary:	16 January 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Comprehensive Spending Review Team Leader		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Restructuring Provision - Transfer of Funds to the Home Affairs		Date of Written Report:	16 January 2012
Written Report Author:	Comprehensive Spending Review Team Leader		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1 (a) (i)
Subject: Allocation of funds from the Restructuring Provision to Home Affairs to achieve a 2012 CSR savings proposal.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £68,300 from the Restructuring Provision to the Home Affairs Department to deliver a CSR proposal in 2012 by accepting two voluntary redundancy applications.
Reason(s) for Decision: (a) This request for funding has a pay back of less than 8 months, well within the 2 years set down for VR payments in the CSR process. (b) The request is considered as urgent given that members of staff are involved and appropriate notice is required to be given. (c) Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 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: The 2012 balance on the Restructuring Provision after this request is £5,705,800. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2012.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the Comprehensive Spending Review Team Leader and Head of Financial Performance reporting that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: