Chief Minister's Department: Budget Realignment (Procurement Savings)

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A decision made on 2 May 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2014-0092
Decision Summary Title:	Realignment of all States departmental budgets to reflect the final portion of procurement savings as part of the CSR programme		Date of Decision Summary:	28 April 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager, Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Realignment of all States departmental budgets to reflect the final portion of procurement savings as part of the CSR programme		Date of Written Report:	28 April 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The recurring realignment of the Chief Minister’s Department’s budget to fund savings identified for CSR purposes.
Decision(s): The Deputy Chief Minister approved the recurring realignment of the Chief Minister’s Department’s budget from 2014 being the final portion of the £6.5m Procurement CSR programme and for these savings to be returned to the Provision for Restructuring Costs.
Reason(s) for Decision: In 2011 Corporate Procurement began its transformation programme with cross departmental procurement projects targeted to deliver the £6.5m CSR Savings. Phase 1 of the programme resulted in £3,048,700 being removed from departmental budgets in 2013. The outstanding amount of £3,451,300 will be removed from departmental budgets from 2014. Article 2(6) of the Public Finances (Transitional Arrangements) (Jersey) Order 2011 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purpose of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: To transfer recurring net savings of £225,223 from the Chief Minister’s Department’s budget to the Provision for Restructuring Costs.
Action required: Finance Director, Corporate Group to notify the Director of Accounting Services that this decision has been approved and for £225,223 of the Chief Ministers departmental 2014 budget to be transferred to the Provision for Restructuring Costs as set out in the attached report.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Chief Minister's Department: Budget Realignment (Procurement Savings)

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Chief Ministers Department

Ministerial Decision Report

Realignment of CHIEF MINISTERS DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET TO

REFLECT THE FINAL PORTION OF PROCUREMENT SAVINGS AS PART OF THE CSR PROGRAMME

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to approve the recurring realignment of Chief Ministers departmental budget from 2014 as the final portion of the £6.5m CSR programme to be returned to the Provision for Restructuring Costs.

Background – Corporate Procurement and the Transformation Programme

As part of the Corporate Procurement transformation programme which began in 2011, there were a number of cross departmental procurement projects which together have delivered £6.5m CSR savings.

At this stage it is not possible to identify the exact split of the £3.451 million by project as these amounts may be subject to change as contracts are let. Departments have however committed to achieving the level of savings as detailed below.

3. Breakdown of the recurring savings to be removed from departmental budgets from 2014

Department:		Amount
Chief Minister		£225,223
Economic Development		£177,137
Education, Sport and Culture		£177,957
Health and Social Services		£750,000
Home Affairs		£120,414
Housing		£129,538
Department of the Environment		£11,860
Social Security		£16,395
Transport and Technical Services		£91,579
Treasury and Resources		£1,584,897
Bailiff’s Chambers		£6,854
Law Officers’ Department		£45,844
Judicial Greffe		£57,182
Viscount’s Department		£3,003
Official Analyst		£1,971
Office of the Lieutenant Governor		£1,295
Data Protection Commission		£241
Probation Department		£2,795
Comptroller & Auditor General		£9,291
States Assembly and its services		£37,824
Total		£3,451,300

Recommendation

The Chief Minister is recommended to approve the recurring transfer of £225,223 from Chief Ministers departmental budget from 2014 onwards as savings contributing to the Comprehensive Spending Review Programme.

Reason for Decision

In 2011 Corporate Procurement began its transformation programme with cross departmental procurement projects targeted to deliver the £6.5m CSR Savings. Phase 1 of the programme resulted in £3,048,700 being removed from departmental budgets in 2013. The outstanding amount of £3,451,300 will be removed from departmental budgets from 2014.

Article 2(6) of the Public Finances (Transitional Arrangements) (Jersey) Order 2011 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.

Chief Ministers departmental budget to be reduced by the recurring amount of £225,223 as set out above.

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