Budget transfer from General Reserve Funding to Office of the Chief Executive: Pilot Schemes

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A decision made 18 March 2020:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2020-0023
Decision Summary Title:	Allocation of General Reserve Funding for Provision for Pilot Schemes to the Office of the Chief Executive		Date of Decision Summary:	10 March 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Specialist – Business Cases		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Allocation of General Reserve Funding for Provision for Pilot Schemes to the Office of the Chief Executive		Date of Written Report:	10 March 2020
Written Report Author:	Specialist – Business Cases		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The allocation of £1,000,000 for the Provision for Pilot schemes within the General Reserve head of expenditure to the Office of the Chief Executive in 2020.
Decision(s): The Minister approved an allocation of £1,000,000 for the Provision for Pilot schemes within the General Reserve head of expenditure to the Office of the Chief Executive in 2020.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 15(3) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that the approval by the States of a government plan authorises the Minister to direct how an approved appropriation for a reserve head of expenditure in the plan may be spent (including on another head of expenditure) in the first financial year covered by the plan. The Government Plan 2020-2023 includes £1,000,000 within the General Reserve to fund new ideas and solutions to be developed across government. Innovation requires an ability to move at pace, and an associated source of funding that is capable of being deployed in an appropriately rigorous and agile way. Accordingly, the Minister is allocating the £1,000,000 Provision for Pilot Schemes in the General Reserve to the Office of the Chief Executive to be used for the above purpose, and for other priorities as determined by the Chief Minister, under the direction and good governance of the Chief Minister.
Resource Implications: The General Reserve head of expenditure to decrease by £1,000,000 in 2020 and the Office of the Chief Executive revenue head of expenditure to increase by the identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Government Plan 2020-2023.
Action required: The Head of Financial Governance to advise the Specialist – Business Cases and the Head of Finance Business Partnering of the receiving department that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Susie Pinel Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: