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Higher Education - transfer of funding

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A decision made (13.02.07) to request a transfer of funds for Higher Education.

Subject:

Higher Education – transfer of funding from reserve maintained by the Treasury and Resources Department

Decision Reference:

MD-ESC-2007-0012

Exempt clause(s):

n/a

Type of Report: (oral or written)

Oral

Person Giving Report (if oral):

Peter Robinson

Assistant Director - Finance

Telephone or

e-mail Meeting?

N/A

Report

File ref:

 

Written Report –

Title

N/A

Written report - author

N/A

Decision(s): For the Minister to request that the Treasury and Resources Minister release a sum of £1.28 million to Education, Sport and Culture from a contingency reserve maintained by that Department, to meet the over-spend on Higher Education in 2006.

Reason(s) for decision:

As part of the 2005 year end process, it was agreed by the Council of Ministers that a provision would be held amounting to £1.6 million for the predicted over spend on student grants in 2006. This was on the condition that the Minister develops a Higher Education Funding Strategy for consideration by the Council of Ministers in that year.

The Funding Strategy has been developed and was agreed by the Council of Ministers in December 2006 and the Department is therefore requesting that the funds be transferred at the earliest opportunity in order to meet the overspend for 2006. The transfer would leave a balance of £320,000 which the Department requests be retained for the same purpose in 2007.

Action required: Assistant Director - Finance to inform the Treasury and Resources Department of the Business Unit and Account into which the funds should be placed.

Signature:

(Minister)

Date of Decision:

 

 

 

 

 

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