| Committee/Panel: Corporate Services Panel | |
| Launch Date: 20 May 2016 | Close Date: To be advised |
| Submissions Deadline: To be advised | Ministerial Response Date: To be advised |
| Review Status: Report published | |
About
The Panel is undertaking an overarching review of the MTFP Addition which is due to be lodged on 30th June 2017. The MTFP Addition will detail all departmental expenditure for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Terms of reference
The overall appropriateness of savings to be delivered during the period 2017-2019 and any material risks to service delivery
To look at how spending will be funded
To assess progress and the deliverability of capital projects
To examine the conditions on which any growth expenditure for 2017 – 2019 is released
To consider what impact the MTFP will have with regards to
- Revenue expenditure changes
- Benefit changes
- Capital expenditure
- General revenue raising measures
- User pays
To consider the timescale for implementation of the impact assessments
To consider the status of the accepted recommendations from the previous Scrutiny Report S.R. 6/2015 on the MTFP 2016 – 2019
To consider the economic context of the MTFP to include
- Examination of the assumptions made for the economic forecasts
- Consideration of the latest information on financial and operational performance e.g. tax yields, savings and delivery
- Contingencies; their use, and how they are allocated
- To examine how income is forecast and the levels of income against expenditure
To clarify how States expenditure has materially evolved
To consider the macro position and implications, including whether the fundamental assumptions regarding the whole model have changed since originally lodged in the MTFP 2016 - 2019
To consider what allowance is made for the possible structural deficit in 2018 and beyond the period of the MTFP