Customer and Local Services Department: Approval of 2020 Management Charge to the Social Security Fund

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A decision made on 31 January 2020

Decision Reference: MD-S-2020-0006
Decision Summary Title :	Approval of 2020 management charge from Customer and Local Services Department to the Funds		Date of Decision Summary:	30 January 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Business Partner		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Approval of 2020 management charge from Customer and Local Services Department to the Funds		Date of Written Report:	30 January 2020
Written Report Author:	Finance Business Partner		Written Report: Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Agreement of the 2020 management charge of £7,660,000 from the Customer and Local Services Department to the Social Security Fund, Health Insurance Fund and Long-term Care Fund.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the amount of £7,660,000 to be paid to the Department from the three Funds to apportion the operational and management costs of running the Department in 2020 in relation to benefit administration. The level of Management Charge will be fully reviewed in 2021 for the reminder of the current Government Plan reporting period, and sooner if there are substantial changes to the operations of the Department.
Reason(s) for Decision: Under Article 30 (2) of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974, Article 21 (1) of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967 and Article 2 of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012, and the Minister can make payments from the fund for expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying the Law into effect.
Resource Implications: There is no change to the Customer and Local Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure for 2020 caused by this decision. There is no change to the Department’s total FTE.
Action required: The Minister Support Unit and Accountable Officer to advise Finance once the Ministerial Decision has been signed.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Social Security
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):