Voluntary Redundancy: Transfer of funding to Treasury and Resources Department

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A decision made 12 January 2011 regarding: Voluntary Redundancy: Transfer of funding to Treasury and Resources Department.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2010-0080
Decision Summary Title:	Transfers of funding to the Treasury and Resources Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) payments		Date of Decision Summary:	23rd December 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Treasury and Resources Ministerial Decision Report – Transfers of Funding from Social Security Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) Payments		Date of Written Report:	15th December 2010
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfers of funding to the Treasury and Resources Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) payments.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £470,841 from the 2010 Social Security Department Head of Expenditure to the Treasury and Resources Department to complete funding for the second tranche of approved VR applications, as required by the Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Social Security Department has accumulated an underspend of approximately £7.2m as at 30 November 2010. The Minister for Treasury and Resources has approved a second tranche of VR payments, as advised by the States Employment Board, which requires a transfer of £470,841 from the Social Security Department underspend to fund those payments.
Resource Implications: There will be no increase to total approved States net revenue expenditure as a result of this decision.
Action required: The Finance Director, Social Security Department to action the transfer of £470,841 from its 2010 Cash Limit to the Treasury and Resources Department.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: