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States Greffe
Deputy Elaine Millar
Minster for Treasury and Resources
BY E-MAIL 16th August 2024
Dear Minister
Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel Proposed Budget 2025 – 2028 Review
I write to inform you that the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel has agreed to undertake a review of the Proposed Budget 2025-2028 [P.51/2024]. Attached to this letter are the Terms of Reference for the Panel's review, and a list of the revenue expenditure growth and capital and other projects allocated to the Panel's remit.
We intend to begin our work immediately and shall hold public hearings with you and the Chief Minister. In addition, we shall seek the views of industry professionals and the general public to collect evidence and insights into the Proposed Budget 2025-2028.
We note receipt of the 2024 Departmental Business Plans, however, as we will be reviewing the proposals for 2025, the Panel also requests the Department's Business Plans in respect of the Treasury and Exchequer for 2025. If this is not possible, we request any supporting documentation which has informed the proposed funding allocations for 2025 for the Treasury workstreams.
In addition, in respect of your Ministerial portfolio and responsibilities can you please provide the following information:
• A detailed list of the projects and/or workstreams that you will be undertaking in 2025
• An outline of your legislative programme for 2025
• A progress update in respect of any projects and/or workstreams agreed by the States Assembly as part of the Government Plan 2024-27 including:
o Where these are continuing in 2025
o Where these have been delayed and the rationale for this
o Where these have been cancelled and the rationale for this
• An outline of any changes in policy direction or delivery for 2025 and the impact thereof
• An outline of any changes to staff posts and restructuring within your department and the anticipated resultant savings and impact on service delivery
We would be grateful to receive this information by a formal response no later than Monday 9th September 2024. Please be advised that it is the Panel's intention to publish the response it receives on the States Assembly website.
We hope that the evidence we gather, and our final output will help inform the work of Government for the Proposed Budget 2025-2028. I would be happy to address any questions you may have regarding the Panel's work for this review.
Yours sincerely,
Deputy Helen Miles
Chair
Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel
Proposed Budget 2025 – 2028 Scrutiny Review Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel
Terms of Reference
- To review components of the Proposed Budget 2025-2028 Proposition [P.51/2024] which are relevant to the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel to determine the following:
- The impact of the Budget proposals on departmental budgets, savings and staffing levels.
- Whether the revenue expenditure growth, capital and other projects are appropriate and likely to have a positive impact on Islanders and Island life.
- How the proposed revenue expenditure growth, capital and other projects align with the Common Strategic Policy to deliver on the priorities, and in line with the Departments' Business Plans.
- Whether the resources allocated to revenue expenditure growth and capital and other projects are sufficient, ensure value for money and demonstrate best use of public funds.
- To assess the impact of the Budget proposals on the Consolidated Fund, Strategic Reserve Fund and Stabilisation Fund.
- To assess the expected impact on the ongoing delivery of public services, by Minister, through reprioritisation and rebalancing of Government finances.
Budget
• To examine income raising, borrowing and debt management proposals.
• To explore how spending will be funded.
• To clarify how States expenditure has materially evolved.
• To ascertain individual departmental budgets and their feasibility based on future spending.
• To examine the deliverability of capital projects.
• To consider rebalancing and borrowing plans being sufficient or excessive to meet stated aims.
• To examine the use of the Revolving Credit Facility.
Financial, economic and growth forecasts
• To examine the levels of income against expenditure.
• To examine the assumptions made for the economic forecasts.
• To explore the impact of the financial and economic forecasts in the Proposed Budget on the Stabilisation Fund.
• To explore any continued impact of emergency incidents on the financial envelope'.
Design and implementation of the Budget
• To assess reserves; their use, and how they are allocated.
• To consider how the treatment of contingencies/reserves, or any other areas of non-routine proposals have evolved in respect of the Proposed Budget.
• To consider the overall fiscal soundness of the Proposed Budget.
• To consider gender-responsive budgeting of the Proposed Budget.
Below is a compiled list of all revenue expenditure growth, capital and other projects which have been assigned to the Corporate Services Panel for consideration to review:
Budget 2025-28: Revenue Expenditure Growth for Review
Budget 2025-28: Capital and Other Projects for Review
