Fiscal Stimulus Plan: Education, Sport and Culture Budget Allocation

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A decision made (30.07.2009) to approve the allocation of £924,200 to the Education, Sport and Culture Department.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0131
Decision Summary Title:	Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus – Education, Sport and Culture Budget Allocation		Date of Decision Summary:	28th July 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Allocation of fiscal stimulus funding to skills and training project group		Date of Written Report:	28th July 2009
Written Report Author:	Interim Programme Manager, Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Economic Stimulus Plan: budget allocation to the Education, Sport and Culture Department (“ESC”) in relation to projects to be undertaken by the skills and training project team.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of £924,200 to the Education, Sport and Culture Department, to be transferred to the department budget as soon as possible and allocated to revenue expenditure as set out in the accompanying report. He further instructed the skills and training project group to report on spend of all stimulus monies, and project progress/performance, on a monthly basis in accordance with guidelines set by the Treasury.
Reason(s) for Decision: A discretionary fiscal stimulus allocation from the Stabilisation Fund of £44m has already been approved. The £924,200 approved funding will enable the skills and training project group to commence a number of projects at the beginning of the academic year 2009/2010 or sooner.
Resource Implications: No resource implications other than those already approved at the States’ debate (P55/2009) on 19th May 2009.
Action required: Treasury to be informed of decision to release necessary funds to the ESC budget.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Fiscal Stimulus Plan: Education, Sport and Culture Budget Allocation

Allocation of Fiscal Stimulus Funding to Skills and Training Project Group

Report summarizing recommendations of the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group

28th July 2009

Background

Education, Sport and Culture (“ESC”) has, in accordance with Treasury guidelines, formed a Project Team which is responsible for the delivery of the 5 initiatives to enhance skills and training opportunities available on the island during the downturn that have been included in the Treasury and Resources Minister’s provisional programme of fiscal stimulus projects.

A number of those projects are intended to be rolled out for the forthcoming academic year or sooner, in order to provide skills and training opportunities to individuals affected by the downturn as soon as possible, providing timely support to individuals.

Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group Recommendation

At a meeting of the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group on 24th July 2009, various documents submitted by ESC in accordance with the programme governance structure, including project plans and financial projections, were discussed in respect of the additional places at Highlands College, the Youth Training Initiative and the Careers Service Strengthening

Further to discussion of those documents the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group recommend to the Treasury and Resources Minister that £924,200 relating to part of the proposed ESC spend for the 2009/2010 academic year is allocated to enable the schemes to be launched. Additional recommendations will be made in respect of these schemes at a later date/s, if and when it is appropriate to release additional tranches of funding.

The allocation should be made to revenue budgets as set out below:

Year	Highlands Additional Places £	Youth Training Initiative £	Careers Service Strengthening £	Total Budget Allocation £
Ending 31 December 2009	313,333	67,200	61,267	441,800
Ending 31 December 2010	336,667	120,000	25,733	482,400
TOTAL	650,000	187,200	87,000	924,200