Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Community and Constitutional Affairs Department: Medical Practitioners Register (Health and Social Care Professionals Register)

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A decision made 7 July 2017:

Decision reference: MD-TR-2017-0092
Decision Summary Title:	Restructuring Provision allocation to Community and Constitutional Affairs Department (CCA) minor capital head of expenditure to fund the Medical Practitioners Register (Health and Social Care Professionals Register)		Date of Decision Summary:	16th June 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Restructuring Provision allocation to Community and Constitutional Affairs Department (CCA) minor capital head of expenditure to fund the Medical Practitioners Register (Health and Social Care Professionals Register)		Date of Written Report:	16th June 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Qualified Exempt, Article 35 Freedom of Information Jersey) Law 2011
Subject: The allocation of up to £170,000 in 2017 from the Restructuring Provision to the Community and Constitutional Affairs minor capital head of expenditure to fund the Medical Practitioners Register (Health and Social Care Professionals Register).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of up to £170,000 in 2017 from the Restructuring Provision to the Community and Constitutional Affairs minor capital head of expenditure to fund the Medical Practitioners Register (Health and Social Care Professionals Register).
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The Contingency Allocation Policy published by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (R.10/2012) states that all requests for Allocation from Contingency will be considered by the Council of Ministers and this restructuring provision bid was approved at their meeting on 6th July 2016. The transfer of a range of Public Health functions to the Department for Community and Constitutional Affairs was approved by the Chief Minister on 31 March 2017 (MD-C-2017-0041) and the Minister for Treasury and Resources on 12th May 2017 (MD-TR-2017-0055). MD-C-2017-0084 was signed by the Chief Minister on 23rd June 2017.
Resource Implications: The Community and Constitutional Affairs minor capital head of expenditure to increase by up to £170,000 in 2017 and the Restructuring Provision to reduce by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director, Community and Constitutional Affairs that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: