Budget transfer from Central Contingency to Community and Constitutional Affairs: 2015/2016 Pay Award

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A decision made 19 November 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0136
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency funding of Community and Constitutional Affairs 2015/2016 Pay Award for Uniformed Officers in the Jersey Fire and Rescue Service		Date of Decision Summary:	8th November 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Contingency funding of Community and Constitutional Affairs 2015/2016 Pay Award for Uniformed Officers in the Jersey Fire and Rescue Service		Date of Written Report:	8th November 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Qualified Exempt, Article 34
Subject: Non-recurring transfer from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the Community and Constitutional Affairs (“CCA”) revenue head of expenditure to fund the 2016 costs associated with the 2015/2016 pay award for the uniformed officers in the Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (“JFRS”).
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve the non-recurring transfer of £32,093 from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the CCA revenue head of expenditure to fund the costs associated with the 2015/2016 pay award for the uniformed officers in the Jersey Fire and Rescue Service.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. The provision for pay awards was approved at the Council of Ministers meetings on 8th February and 10th May 2017. A decision (AOD-CCA-2017-011) was signed by the Chief Officer, Community and Constitutional Affairs on 31st October 2017. The costs of the non-consolidated awards were provided from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) in MD-TR-2017-0097 signed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources on 21st July 2017 but unfortunately the cost of the 2015/2016 back pay (£32,093) was not included in that request.
Resource Implications: The CCA revenue head of expenditure to increase by £32,093 in 2017 and Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to decrease by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director – Community and Constitutional Affairs once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: