Budget transfer from Chief Minister's to Treasury and Resources, relating to resources directorate

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A decision made 12 July 2010 regarding: Budget transfer from Chief Minister's to Treasury and Resources, relating to resources directorate.

Decision Reference: MD-C-2010-0067
Decision Summary Title :	Transfer of Resources Directorate to Treasury and Resources Department		Date of Decision Summary:	6th July 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Finance Director – Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Transfer of Resources Directorate to Treasury and Resources Department		Date of Written Report:	22 June 2010
Written Report Author:	Acting Finance Director – Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer budgets and manpower relating to elements of the Resources directorate currently part of the Chief Minister’s Department, to the Treasury and Resources Department.
Decision(s): The Minister approved, subject to States approval of the 2011 Business Plan, the transfer of budgets and manpower relating to the Resources directorate from the Chief Minister’s Department to the Treasury and Resources Department with effect from 1 January 2011. The transfer comprises a recurring transfer of £16,177,552, and 148.5 FTE, and reflects the change in management accountability for Human Resources, Information Services and Corporate Resources to the Chief Officer – Resources. This decision replaces and rescinds MD-C-2010-0022.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Resources Directorate currently exists across two Ministerial Departments and, in order to establish the Directorate within a single Department, responsibility for Human Resources, Information Services and Corporate Resources needs to be transferred to the Treasury and Resources Department.
Resource Implications: There is no overall increase to States Spending or manpower as a direct result of this decision.
Action required: This transfer will be included in the 2011 Business Planning for presentation to the States.
Signature:		Position: Senator T.A. Le Sueur, Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Budget transfer from Chief Minister's to Treasury and Resources, relating to resources directorate

Chief Minister’s Department

Ministerial Decision Report

DAte 22nd June 2010

Transfer of RESOurces DIRECTORATE to TreasuRY AND Resources Department

1. Purpose of Report

To request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approves the recurring transfer of £16,177,552 revenue budget and 148.5 manpower (FTE) in the 2011 Annual Business Plan from the Chief Minister’s Department to the Treasury and Resources Department, in order to establish the Resources Directorate within a single Department. This is subject to the approval of the Annual Business Plan and reflects the change in management accountability for Human Resources, Information Services and Corporate Resources Procurement to the Chief Officer – Resources. A separate Ministerial Decision to confirm the transfer of responsibility for Capital Heads of Expenditure in these areas will be made separately.

This decision replaces and rescinds the effects of MD-C-2010-0022.

2. Background

The Resources Directorate was established in May 2009, consisting of:

a. Jersey Property Holdings (as part of Treasury and Resources Department)

b. Human Resources (as part of Chief Minister’s Department)

c. Information Services Department (as part of Chief Minister’s Department, including Corporate Systems which was transferred from Treasury and Resources to the Chief Minister’s Department by MD-C-2010-0022)

d. Procurement (which was transferred from Treasury and Resources to the Chief Minister’s Department by MD-C-2010-0022)

e. Corporate Resources (as part of Chief Minister’s Department)

At present the Directorate exists across two Ministerial Departments, and in order to establish the Directorate within a single Department, the capital and revenue budgets for the Human Resources, Information Services Department and Procurement need to be transferred to the Treasury and Resources Department.

MD-C-2010-0022 reflected the change in management accountability for JDE Financial Systems (Systems) and Procurement to the Deputy Chief Executive/Chief Officer – Resources. It was recognised in that Decision that this was an “interim step towards the full establishment of the Resources Department which is likely to come under the Treasury and Resources Department from January 2011”.

This decision rescinds the previous MD-C-2010-0022.

3. Manpower and budget transfer

The table below sets out the detail of the budget and manpower transfers between the two departments.

<><>	2011 Base Budget	CSR Savings	Capital /Revenue Transfer	2011 Budget to Transfer	2011 Base FTE	CSR Savings	2011 FTE to Transfer
Information Services Dept.	8,266,806	(204,000)	500,000	8,562,806	94.7	(3.0)	91.7
Human Resources Dept.	8,171,745	(65,000)		8,106,745	57.8	(1.0)	56.8
Corporate Resources	(492,000)<><>			(492,000)	0.0		0.0
Total	15,946,552	(269,000)	500,000	16,177,552	152.5	(4.0)	148.5

The figures include the effects of 2011 provisions for pay and non-staff inflation, and have been calculated based on the savings currently proposed as part of the CSR process.

4. Recommendation

To establish budgets which follow lines of accountability for the Resources Directorate, it is recommended that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approves the budget and manpower transfers as detailed above and asks the Head of Financial Planning and Acting Finance Director, Corporate Group to reflect this decision in the 2011 Business Plan.

5. Reason for Decision

Under Financial Direction 3.6 “Variations of Heads of Expenditure”:

· All transfers between revenue heads of expenditure above £100,000 require the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

6. Resource Implications

There is no overall increase to States spending or manpower as a result of this decision.