Budget transfer from Chief Minister's Department to Education, Sport and Culture relating to I.T. Strategy

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A decision made 21 December 2009 regarding: Budget transfer from Chief Minister's Department to Education, Sport and Culture relating to I.T. Strategy.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0207
Decision Summary Title	Transfer of Capital Budget from Chief Minister’s Department to Education, Sport and Culture		Date of Decision Summary:	11 December 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Accountant Financial Planning		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Transfer of Capital Budget between CMD and ESC Departments		Date of Written Report:	10 December 2009
Written Report Author:	Assistant Accountant Financial Planning		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of Capital budgets to the Education, Sport and Culture Department from the Chief Minister’s Department for the IT Strategy.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £600,000 allocated to Education IT Strategy in the 2008 Annual Business Plan to the Education, Sport and Culture Department from the Chief Minister’s Department (MD-ESC-2009-0017, MD-C-2009-0085)
Reason(s) for Decision: To ensure compliance with Financial Direction 3.6 and to ensure that the cash limits of Education, Sport and Culture and Chief Minister are accurate to ensure the support of the IT Strategy within the Education department.
Resource Implications: Chief Minister’s cash limit to decrease by £600,000 and Education, Sport and Culture Department cash limit to increase by £600,000 in 2009. This is a non-recurring transfer.
Action required: Treasury to advise Finance Directors of each Department of Minister’s approval.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):