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Comprehensive Spending Review: Education, Sport and Culture: Restructuring Provision: Allocation Budget Adjustment

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A decision made 9 September 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference:      

Decision Summary Title:

Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £616,700 from the Treasury and Resources  Restructuring Provision to Education, Sport and Culture

Date of Decision Summary:

25 August 2011

Decision Summary Author:

HoF, ESC

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:

25 August 2011

Written Report Author:

HoF, ESC

BCM, ESC

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Exempt 3.2.1 (a) (i)

Subject: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) – Transfer of £616,700 from the Treasury and Resources (T&R) restructuring provision to Education, Sport and Culture (ESC).

 

Decision(s): The Minister agreed to receive a budget transfer from the T&R restructuring provision to ESC amounting to the sum of £616,700, as requested.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: The States recognised the need to invest funds to achieve significant savings as part of the States-wide CSR. The Minister agreed to receive a transfer of £616,700 from the T&R restructuring provision as requested, to ensure that key elements of the CSR programme are provided that enable ESC to deliver changes that will yield targeted savings. 

 

The allocation of the original sum requested from the T&R restructuring provision was endorsed by the Council of Ministers on 14th April 2011 and subsequently revised following the adoption by the States of P72/2011.  Under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required for variations to heads of expenditure.

 

Resource Implications: The T&R restructuring provision to decrease by £616,700 and the ESC revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount.  This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2011.

 

Action required: ESC Finance Director to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the budget transfer.

Signature:

 

Position:

Minister for Education, Sport and Culture

 

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision: (If different from Date Signed):

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