Population Office Registered Permission Fee Income: Request for income to be used for skills and training

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A decision made 8 September 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2017-0058
Decision Summary Title :	Application of new Population Office fees to Skills Expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	5 September 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Finance and Governance Director		Decision Summary:	Public
Type of Report:	Written		Person Giving	N/A
Written Report Title :	Application of new Population Office fees to Skills Expenditure		Date of Written Report:	5 September 2017
Written Report Author:	Finance and Governance Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Variation to the Social Security Revenue Head of Expenditure to reflect additional income from the Population Office fees, to be used for expenditure relating to Skills
Decision(s): The Minister for Social Security decided to request that the Treasurer of the States approves the use of additional income in 2017 of £300,000 from the new fee for registered permissions approved in P.53/2017 on a recurring basis. As set out in the proposition, this money would be used to support additional investment in skills and training. To also request an additional 2.0 FTE to support implementation of P.53/2017.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 19 (1) (a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that if, during a financial year, the Minister is satisfied that the income of a States funded body which has a revenue head of expenditure for the year is likely to exceed its estimated income taken into account in approving that head of expenditure – (a) the Minister may authorise the body to withdraw from the consolidated fund during that year an amount not exceeding the likely excess of income. Delegation 1.3 authorises the Treasurer of the States to approve the use of additional income in excess of increased expenditure (i.e. additional surplus income) required to generate that income but the excess income is more than 10% (up to a maximum of £500,000 for a States trading operation and £100,000 for all other States funded bodies) of the estimated income notified to the States for that particular service area. To comply with P.67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States and delegation 2.3 in which authority is delegated to the Treasurer of the States for agreeing non-contentious increases to States staffing levels.
Resource Implications: The Social Security revenue head of expenditure will show an additional income budget of £300,000 and an additional expenditure budget of £300,000 during 2017 and in future years. The Social Security budgeted FTE to increase by 2.0 from 2017.
Action required: Finance and Governance Director to request approval from the Treasurer of the States.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):