(d) Category IV
-
- 13-
activities which rate a lower priority
than Categories I to III.
In turn, departmental priorities are examined by the Chief Secretary's
Committee which then accords relative priority between departments and
services competing for additional resources. The extent to which these
activities may be funded in the succeeding financial year depends upon
the budgetary situation as it develops and, following the determination
of priorities by the Chief Secretary's Committee, Controlling Officers
are invited to forward supplementary draft Estimates submissions for
those activities for which it is hoped resources will be available.
the determination of relative priorities education is in open competition
with all other services provided by the government and, as resources in
any one financial year are not unlimited, in practice many items which
are not Category I priority have to be deferred.
4.17
In
For illustrative purposes the preceding paragraphs have
described the Development Plan and the Five-Year Forecast in terms of
white paper development. However, these exist in their own right as
the basic planning instruments of government and all policy, whether
or not originating in a white paper, is channelled through the Development
Plan and Five-Year Forecast as a matter of course. As the flow-chart (A)
at appendix F shows, relatively minor new policy or policy closely related
to existing policy may be formulated without recourse to green and white
papers, but in such cases careful consultation is carried out with the
appropriate advisory bodies (except in the most urgent of cases) to
offset the lack of extensive public consultation entailed in the compilation
of green papers.
The Board of Education
4.18
The Board of Education plays a key role both in the formulation
The Board
of policy, as described above, and in educational planning.
is a statutory advisory body appointed by the Governor in accordance with
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.