Funding for UK placements for Family X

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A decision made 18 January 2010 regarding: Funding for UK placements for Family X.

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2010-0008
Decision Summary Title :	Funding for UK placement for Family X		Date of Decision Summary:	14th January 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance & Information Services		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Details of the UK placement Costs		Date of Written Report:	14th January 2010
Written Report Author:	Director of Finance & Information Services		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Funding for UK placements for Family X
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to request the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the transfer of £315,710 non-recurrently in 2009 from the Treasury and Resources Department to the Health and Social Services Department in order to fund the cost of placing three children in specialist UK treatment centres.
Reason(s) for Decision: Funding is required to reimburse Health and Social Services for the cost of placing three vulnerable children in the UK for the period June to December 2009.
Resource Implications: Recurrent funding for this has been adjusted for in the 2010 cash limit.
Action required: Request the Treasurer of the States to action this transfer to H&SS as a non contentious transfer between departments.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Funding for UK placements for Family X

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Funding for UK Placement of Family X

Summary Report

Proposition

On 12th May 2009 a proposition (Appendix 1) was brought to the States under Article 11(8) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, to permit the withdrawal of up to an additional £1.3 million from the consolidated fund for the net revenue expenditure of the Health and Social Services Department in 2009 in order to fund urgent service improvements to address critical elements of the Williamson Implementation Plan.

Hansard Record of the Debate

The States debate of the proposition (Appendix 2) make it clear that the £1.3m can only be utilised to fund 2 aspects of the proposition:

Family X – for specialist, therapeutic and accommodation services; and
Brig-y-Don – to Refurbish the Brig-y-Don Children’s Home and fund the staffing costs of Brig-y-Don staff so as to transfer responsibility to H&SS.

Details of the Current Draw Down

The following costs will be incurred by Health and Social Services to support 3 children (Family X) in UK placements during 2009.

Details	Period	£
Child 1 (date of placement 25th June ’09)	25th June to 31st December ‘09	87,450
Child 2 (date of placement 6th July ’09)	6th July to 31st December ‘09	134,160
Child 3 (date of placement 31st Aug ’09)	31st August to 31st December ‘09	94,100


Total		315,710

As per the funding agreement the Accounting Officer confirms that the costs:

Cannot be absorbed within existing cash limits;
Are additional to usual expenses;
Reimbursements of funds will only be used for the purposes intended;
There are appropriate controls in place to ensure funds are being spent appropriately and that value for money is being achieved; and
Financial directions are being complied with in respect of this expenditure.