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Budget Transfer: Central Contingencies to various departments (2016 Voluntary Release Scheme Costs)

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A decision made 13 July 2016:

Decision reference: MD-TR-2016-0058

Decision Summary Title:

Transfer of funding between various departmental budgets and Central Contingencies to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.

Date of Decision Summary:

12th July 2016

Decision Summary Author:

Head of Financial Performance

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Transfer of funding between various departmental budgets and Central Contingencies to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.

Date of Written Report:

12th July 2016

Written Report Author:

Head of Financial Performance

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:

Transfer of funding between various departmental budgets and Central Contingencies to recognise the 2016 savings associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme.

Decision(s):

The Minister approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £864,227.00 in 2016 from various departments’ revenue heads of expenditure, as outlined in the attached report, to Central Contingency – Budget Measures to recognise the 2016 savings associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme and £1,646,599.30 non-recurring budget transfer to departments from Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision for VR Applications approved and signed up to 30th June 2016.

Reason(s) for Decision:

Article 18(1A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from heads of expenditure to contingency expenditure in a financial year.

 

On 16th and 17th April 2015, the Council of Ministers agreed to the request to approve non-recurring funding in 2015 totalling £5,100,000 from the Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to various departments for the funding of the Voluntary Release Scheme.

 

MD-TR-2015-0141 approved funding of £4,666,119 to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2015 in line with the allocation of funding approved by the States Assembly in P.72/2015 Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 – 2019 (as amended).

 

This Decision reduces departmental budgets to reflect the savings associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme and transfers the savings to Central Contingency, and also funds the next tranche of VR Applications to 30th June 2016.

Resource Implications:

Various departments’ revenue heads of expenditure, as outlined in the attached report, to decrease by a total of £864,227.00 in 2016 and the Central Contingency – Budget Measures to increase by an identical amount. Various departments’ revenue heads of expenditure to increase by a total of £1,646,599.30 and Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to decrease by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2016 to 2019.

Action required:

The Head of Decision Support to notify the Finance Directors of all relevant departments that the Decision has been approved.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Senator A J H Maclean

Minister for Treasury and Resources

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

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