This Technical Guide is intended to help users prepare papers containing financial recommendations. The formats used are designed to meet Cabinet Office requirements for recommendations being considered by Cabinet (refer to Drafting financial recommendations steps at Financial implications in Cabinet papers (CabGuide) on the DPMC website) and by Ministers, to ensure that information presented to them follows a consistent style and format.
Agencies may prefer to download and use the Word version of the Technical Guide, as this will enable copy and paste of text and/or tables from relevant worked examples where helpful in the construction of their financial recommendations.
The Technical Guide was updated in November 2021. For details about changes since the previous version (September 2018) see What's New? on page 4.
Formats and related files
This Technical Guide is intended to help users prepare papers containing financial recommendations. The formats used are designed to meet Cabinet Office requirements for recommendations being considered by Cabinet (refer to the Step-by-Step Guide at http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet/guide/index.html) and by Ministers, to ensure that information presented to them follows a consistent style and format.
Agencies may prefer to download and use the Word version of the Technical Guide, as this will enable them to copy and paste sections of the Technical Guide where relevant.
The Technical Guide was revised in September 2014 to reflect changes following the 2013 amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989. For more detail and other changes see What's New? on page 3.
Guidance for Standard Cabinet Papers#
The correct drafting of financial recommendations is essential to record accurately Cabinet's financial decisions. Such decisions provide Cabinet's authority for changes in appropriations and departmental net assets, and the use of Imprest Supply.
There are two recommendations that are commonly used in papers submitted to Cabinet for new funding.
- The first recommendation is where new Crown operating or capital funding is sought - see Example 1 (page 20) of the Technical Guide (Word version - 2940 KB).
- The second recommendation is where there is a mix of Crown and Other funding eg, from a levy or fee - see Example 3 (page 27) of the Technical Guide (Word version - 2940 KB).
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What's New?#Introduction#
Essential Elements for Financial Recommendations#How to Write Financial Recommendations#
Annex A: Anatomy of Financial Recommendations#
Annex B: Examples of Typical Financial Recommendations#
Annex C: Financial Recommendations for Multi-year Appropriations (MYAs)#
Annex D: Financial Recommendations for Multi-Category Appropriations (MCAs)#
Annex E: Financial Recommendations for Permanent Legislative Authorities (PLAs)#
Annex F: Financial Recommendations for Capital#
Annex G: Capital and Operating Swaps and Voluntary Capital Withdrawals#
Annex H: Financial Recommendations for Retention of Departmental Operating Surplus#
Annex I: Departmental Other Expenses# |