Budget transfer from Central Contingency to various departments: 2017 Pay Award and Workforce Modernisation

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A decision made 29 March 2018:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2018-0041
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency Funding for 2017 Pay Award		Date of Decision Summary:	28th March 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Contingency Funding for 2017 Pay Award		Date of Written Report:	28th March 2018
Written Report Author:	Head of Financial Planning and Performance		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of contingency funding from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to various departments for costs associated with the 2017 pay award and impact of Workforce Modernisation (WFM) for 2017.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring allocation of £3,046,115.36 in 2017 from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the departments listed in the written report to fund the revised pay offer and impact of WFM in 2017.
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 to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The Contingency Allocation Revised Policy published by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (R.110/2017) states that requests for £100,000 or more from Contingency must be considered by the Council of Ministers following examination by the Treasurer of the States and Minister for Treasury and Resources. In lieu of consideration by the full Council of Ministers, this allocation was approved by the States Employment Board at their meeting on 2nd March 2018. The recurring impact of the initial 1% pay award across all pay groups will be managed from within existing base budgets from 2018. The recurring impact of pay awards in excess of 1% will be met from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) for the remainder of this MTFP period.
Resource Implications: Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to decrease by £3,046,115.36 in 2017 and departmental revenue heads of expenditure to increase by a total identical amount, detailed in the table in the written report.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to inform the Financial Performance Reporting Manager and the department Finance Directors that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: