Comprehensive Spending Review: Budget Transfer relating to Restructuring Provision of Health and Social Services

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A decision made 10 May 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2011-0016
Decision Summary Title:	Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £486,000 from the Treasury and Resources Restructuring Provision to Health & Social Services Department		Date of Decision Summary:	2 May 2011
Decision Summary Author:	HSSD Director of Finance & Information		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 from the Treasury and Resources Restructuring Provision		Date of Written Report:	2 May 2011
Written Report Author:	HSSD Director of Finance & Information		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £486,000 from the Treasury and Resources (T&R) restructuring provision to Health & Social Services Department (HSSD).
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to receive a budget transfer from the T&R restructuring provision to HSSD amounting to the sum of £486,000, as confirmed in MD-TR-2011-0039.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister agreed to receive a transfer of £486,000 from the T&R restructuring provision to provide support enabling HSSD CSR to deliver the CSR savings.
Resource Implications: The T&R restructuring provision to decrease by £486,000 and the HSSD revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount. The decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2011.
Action required: For £486,000 to be transferred from the Treasury and Resources Restructuring Provision to the Health and Social Services Department.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: (If different from Date Signed):