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A decision made 2 November 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2012-0111
Decision Summary Title :	Amendment to the amendment to P.69/2012 – Medium Term Financial Plan		Date of Decision Summary:	2nd November 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Project and Research Officer		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 – 2015 (P.69/2012): Ninth Amendment (P.69/2012 Amd.(9)) – Amendment (P.69/2012 Amd. (9) Amd.) – Amendment		Date of Written Report:	2nd November 2012
Written Report Author:	Chief Minister		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Amendment to the amendment to the ninth amendment to P.69/2012 – Medium Term Financial Plan.
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved an amendment the amendment to the ninth amendment to P.69/2012 - Medium Term Financial Plan to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate.
Reason(s) for Decision: To enable the Minister’s amendment to the amendment to the ninth amendment to P.69/2012 - Medium Term Financial Plan to be lodged ‘au Greffe’ for debate by the States. This amendment to an amendment is being proposed by the Chief Minister less than 7 days before the start of the debate in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 80A(1)(a) which states – (1) Notwithstanding standing order 26, the Chief Minister or Minister for Treasury and Resources may propose, without notice – (a) an amendment to a draft medium term financial plan; Standing Order 80A(2)(b) provides that an amendment of this nature shall be debated “either forthwith or at such other time or on such other day as the States decide”. In accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 80A(2)(b) the Chief Minister will seek the agreement of the States to debate this amendment during the debate on the Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 - 2015.
Resource Implications: The financial implications of the proposed amendment are neutral. There are no manpower implications.
Action required: The Greffier of the States is asked to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the Amendment to the amendment to the ninth amendment to P.69/2012 – Medium Term Financial Plan, in time for the scheduled debate of the Medium Term Financial Plan on 6th November 2012
Signature:		Position: Senator I.J. Gorst, Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 - 2015 (P.69/2012): Ninth Amendment (P.69/2012 Amd. (9)) - Amendment (P.69/2012 Amd. (9) Amd.) - Amendment

MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN 2013 – 2015 (P.69/2012): NINTH AMENDMENT (P.69/2012 Amd.(9)) – AMENDMENT (P.69/2012 Amd.(9) Amd.) - AMENDMENT

1 PAGE 2, AMENDMENT 1 –

In the table in the amendment to the amendment delete the sum “£2,000,000” in the substituted table in the column headed “2015” in the line “Transport and Technical Services”.

2 PAGE 2, AMENDMENT 2 –

In the amendment to the amendment for the amount “£3,460,000” substitute the amount “£1,460,000”.

CHIEF MINISTER

Note. This amendment to an amendment is being proposed by the Chief Minister less than 7 days before the start of the debate in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 80A(1)(a) which states –

(1) Notwithstanding standing order 26, the Chief Minister or Minister for Treasury and Resources may propose, without notice –

(a) an amendment to a draft medium term financial plan;

Standing Order 80A(2)(b) provides that an amendment of this nature shall be debated “either forthwith or at such other time or on such other day as the States decide”.

In accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 80A(2)(b) the Chief Minister will seek the agreement of the States to debate this amendment during the debate on the Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 - 2015.

Report

The Council of Ministers has proposed an amendment to the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel Amendment 9 (Parts 1 and 2). This would reduce the amount of growth being held centrally from the proposed £5,690,000 in 2013 and £7,730,000 in 2014 to the following:

Ministerial Departments	2014 £’000	2015 £’000
Chief Minister	410	410
Home Affairs	50	50
Social Security	750	1,000
Transport and Technical Services	1,000	2,000

Since the Council of Ministers lodged their amendment, further information has been received from Transport and Technical Services regarding the impact of holding the £2 million centrally for 2015. Having the flexibility of funding agreed for 2015 will allow Transport and Technical Services to begin contract negotiations for disposal/recycling solutions without being limited to one year. This will give long term supply chain benefits and will allow work to begin on a more environmentally sustainable solution. This is because this work requires a long term contract to allow third party capital investment.

The Chief Minister, therefore, is proposing an amendment to the Council of Ministers amendment to the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel Amendment 9 (Parts 1 and 2). This would revise the centrally held growth allocations to the departmental totals set out in the following table:

Ministerial Departments	2014 £’000	2015 £’000
Chief Minister	410	410
Home Affairs	50	50
Social Security	750	1,000
Transport and Technical Services	1,000	0

The total amounts held centrally for growth will be £2,210,000 for 2014 and £1,460,000 for 2015.

Financial and Manpower implications

The financial implications of the proposed amendment are neutral. There are no manpower implications.