Voluntary Redundancy Unanticipated Savings: Budget Transfer

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A decision made on 4 July 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2011-0059
Decision Summary Title:	Budget Transfer for the return of 2011 Voluntary Redundancy (VR) Unanticipated Departmental Savings to the Treasury and Resources Department		Date of Decision Summary:	24th June 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Management Accountant - Finance		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Budget Transfer for the return of 2011 Voluntary Redundancy (VR) Unanticipated Departmental Savings to the Treasury and Resources Department		Date of Written Report:	24th June 2011
Written Report Author:	Senior Management Accountant - Finance		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Budget transfer for the return of 2011 Voluntary Redundancy (VR) unanticipated departmental savings to Treasury and Resources (T&R).
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £223,947 from the Department of Environment to T&R.
Reason(s) for Decision: Financial Direction 3.6 states that Departments wanting to transfer funds between heads of expenditure must obtain the approval of their Minister or of their accounting officer where a scheme of delegation exists.
Resource Implications: The Department of Environment revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £223,947 and the Treasury and Resources contingency head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount.
Action required: Department of Environment Finance Director to inform the Treasury and Resources Head of Financial Performance Reporting that this decision has been approved.
Signature: Senator F E Cohen		Position: Minister for Planning & Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: (If different from Date Signed):