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A decision made (19.01.2009) to request a budget transfer from Education Sport and Culture Department's revenue budget to Capital Head of Expenditure relating to the ICT Strategy Phase II.

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2009-0002
Decision Summary Title:	Budget Adjustments – 2008 (ICT)		Date of Decision Summary:	14th January 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Budget Adjustments – 2008 (ICT)		Date of Written Report:	14th January 2009
Written Report Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: 2008 Budget Transfer
Decision(s): The Minister requested the transfer from the Education, Sport and Culture Department’s revenue budget the sum of £310,000 to ESC’s capital head of expenditure relating to the ICT strategy phase II.
Reason(s) for Decision: Funding for the part of second phase of the ESC department’s ICT strategy was identified in the revenue budget of the department for 2008. Financial Direction 3.6 requires that the Minister make application to the Minister for Treasury and Resources for permission to transfer budgets between revenue and capital heads of expenditure. A number of items of ICT spend have been identified as revenue expenditure in the 2008 accounts and as a result some of the originally identified budget of £500,000 has been retained within revenue to cover these items.
Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower Implications.
Action required: To transfer the identified revenue budgets to vote C3314 – ICT Strategy phase II.
Signature:		Position: Deputy J.G. Reed, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

ICT Strategy Phase II - Budget Adjustments

Information about the publication of Ministerial Decisions

A decision made (19.01.2009) to request a budget transfer from Education Sport and Culture Department's revenue budget to Capital Head of Expenditure relating to the ICT Strategy Phase II.