Insurance Budget Transfer to Restructuring Provision

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A decision made 29 November 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2012-0026
Decision Summary Title:	Budget Transfer to Restructuring provision as per the Ministerial Decision for the Realignment of the Departmental Insurance Budgets as Part of the CSR Programme	Date of Decision Summary:		29 November 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director, Education, Sport and Culture	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written	Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Realignment of all states departmental budgets to reflect insurance and other procurement savings as part of the CSR programme 2012	Date of Written Report:		9 October 2012
Written Report Author:	Assistant Accountant – Treasury and Investment Management	Written Report : Public or Exempt?		Public
Subject: Non-recurring budget transfer in 2012 of £234,060 from the Education Sport and Culture Department to the Restructuring provision for the realignment of the Department’s Insurance budget in alignment with savings identified for CSR purposes and £25,480 for procurement savings calculated per the attached Treasury report.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £234,060 from the Education Sport and Culture Department to the Restructuring provision for the realignment of the Department’s Insurance budget in alignment with savings identified for CSR purposes and £25,480 for procurement savings calculated per the attached Treasury report.
Reason(s) for Decision: As part of the States-wide CSR initiative in 2012, it was identified, from within the States central Insurance programme at the Treasury, and from other procurement projects, that significant savings were achievable from Departments.
Resource Implications: The Education Sport and Culture Department’s revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £259,540 and the Restructuring provision to decrease / increase by an identical amount.
Action required: To make a net transfer of £259,540 from the Education Sport and Culture Department to Restructuring provision.
Signature:			Position: Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:			Date of Decision: 29th November 2012

Insurance Budget Transfer to Restructuring Provision - CSR

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A decision made 29 November 2012: