Re-alignment of Insurance Budget: Transfer of funds to Restructuring Provision

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A decision made on 3 December 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0104
Decision Summary Title:	Budget Transfer to Restructuring provision as per the Ministerial Decision for the Realignment of the Departmental Insurance Budgets as Part of the CSR Programme	Date of Decision Summary:		15 November 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance & Governance – Social Security Department	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written	Person Giving Oral Report:		N/A
Written Report Title:	Realignment of States Departmental Budgets to Reflect Insurance and Other Procurement Savings as part of the 2012 CSR Programme	Date of Written Report:		15 November 2012
Written Report Author:	Director of Finance & Governance – Social Security Department	Written Report : Public or Exempt?		Public
Subject: Non-recurring budget transfer in 2012 of £24,330 from the Social Security Department to the Restructuring provision for the realignment of the Department’s Insurance budget in alignment with savings identified for CSR purposes.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £24,330 from the Social Security Department to the Restructuring provision for the realignment of the Department’s Insurance budget in alignment with savings identified for CSR purposes.
Reason(s) for Decision: As part of the States-wide CSR initiative in 2012, it was identified, from within the States central Insurance programme at the Treasury and from other procurement projects, that significant savings were achievable from Departments.
Resource Implications: The Social Security Department’s revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £24,330 and the Restructuring provision to increase by an identical amount.
Action required: To transfer net savings of £24,330 from the Social Security Department to Restructuring provision.
Signature:			Position: Minister for Social Security
Date Signed:			Date of Decision: