Treasury and Resources
Ministerial Decision Report
EPGDP Re-Assign 2018 funding for business case ER 01 – Brexit
- Purpose of Report
To enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve a non-recurring transfer of up to £1,073,000 in 2018 from the Economic and Productivity Growth Drawdown Provision (EPGDP) within Central Contingencies to the Department for External Relations revenue head of expenditure.
- Background
Overview
In 2016, following a review by the EPGDP Officer Group, the Economic Policy Political Oversight Group (EPPOG) recommended that the Minister for Treasury and Resources should approve funding for business case ER01 – Brexit from the EPGDP. This sought to provide funding for the following departments between September 2016 and December 2019.
- Department for External Relations
- Chief Minister’s Department
- Law Officers’ Department
- Department for Community and Constitutional Affairs
- Department for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
The Minister for Treasury and Resources subsequently signed ministerial decisions[1] allocating resources as necessary to each of the departments detailed above up to and including 2018.
The allocations for 2018 were as follows:
Department | 2018 | Total |
External Relations | 534,000 | 534,000 |
Chief Minister's | 120,000 | 120,000 |
Law Officers’ | 110,000 | 110,000 |
Community and Constitutional Affairs | 184,000 | 184,000 |
EDTSC | 125,000 | 125,000 |
Total | 1,073,000 | 1,073,000 |
The EPGDP Officer Group has recommended that 2018 Brexit funding be allocated in full to the Department for External Relations and subsequently assigned to departments. This change will strengthen financial oversight and allow for greater flexibility in the allocation of funding between departments where necessary.
The transfer of increased FTEs to departments will remain unchanged.
3. Recommendation
The Minister is recommended to approve a non-recurring transfer of up to £1,073,000 in 2018 from the Economic and Productivity Growth Drawdown Provision (EPGDP) within Central Contingencies to the Department for External Relations revenue head of expenditure.
4. Reason for Decision
Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.
To comply with P67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States.
The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from the Economic and Productivity Growth Drawdown Provision (EPGDP) to be considered by the EPGDP Officer Group and the Economic Policy Political Oversight Group (EPPOG).
The EPGDP Officer Group recommended this funding on 4 August 2016. The EPPOG recommended the funding on 26 August 2016.
The EPGDP Officer Group further recommended that all funding be transferred to the Department for External Relations revenue head of expenditure at its meeting on 9th March 2018.
This decision supersedes and replaces the 2018 allocations identified in MD-TR-2016-0074, MD-TR-2016-0087 and MD-TR-2017-0154.
5. Resource Implications
The Department for External Relations revenue head of expenditure will increase by up to £1,073,000 in 2018. The EPGDP within Central Contingences will decrease by the same amount.
This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Report author : Head of Decision Support | Document date 13 March 2018 |
Quality Assurance / Review : Director of Financial Planning and Performance | File name and path: L:\Treasury\Sections\Corporate Finance\Ministerial Decisions\DS, WR and SD\2018-0034 - C28 EPDGP Funding Allocation Reassign - Brexit |
MD sponsor : Treasurer of the States |