Fiscal Stimulus: Budget allocation to Education, Sport and Culture for Skills and Training Projects

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A decision made 13 June 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2011-0066
Decision Summary Title:	Fiscal Stimulus Budget Allocation to Education, Sport and Culture Department for Skills and Training Projects		Date of Decision Summary:	5th June 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Fiscal Stimulus Budget Allocation to Education, Sport and Culture Department for Skills and Training Projects		Date of Written Report:	5th June 2011
Written Report Author:	Fiscal Stimulus Programme Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Fiscal Stimulus Budget Allocation to Education, Sport and Culture Department for Skills and Training Projects.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to allocate £2,162,276 from the Treasury and Resources Fiscal Stimulus head of expenditure to the Education, Sport and Culture Department revenue head of expenditure of which £675,061 will be allocated in 2011 and £1,487,215 to be allocated by Treasury and Resources in 2012. The Minister further decided to provide a temporary extension to manpower approvals already given in connection with the Fiscal Stimulus Skills and Training Projects (39 headcount and 28.5 FTE) until August 2012.
Reason(s) for Decision: A discretionary Fiscal Stimulus allocation from the Stabilisation Fund of £44m has already been approved (P55/2009). Further to this the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required to approve individual project allocations. The Minister for Treasury and Resources announced his intention for this allocation in a Statement on a matter of Official Responsibility to the States Assembly on 16th February 2011 and reiterated this decision in R67/2011: Fiscal Stimulus: Financial and Performance Review. Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. In addition, P67/1999: Regulation of Public Sector Employees, charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States of Jersey.
Resource Implications: The T&R Fiscal Stimulus head of expenditure to decrease by £2,162,276. The Education, Sport and Culture Department Skills and Training head of expenditure to increase by £675,061 in 2011 with a further allocation of £1,487,215 in 2012. This decision does not increase the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.
Action required: Fiscal Stimulus Programme Manager to inform the Head of Financial Performance Reporting and the Finance Director of Education, Sport and Culture Department that the transfer has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: