Advance to Work and Advance Plus Schemes: Transfer from Treasury and Resources Department to Social Security Department

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A decision made on 29 June 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0050

Decision Summary Title :

Transfer of Advance to Work and Advance Plus to Social Security

Date of Decision Summary:

28 June 2012

Decision Summary Author:

Project Manager

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Transfer of Advance to Work and Advance Plus to Social Security

Date of Written Report:

28 June 2012

Written Report Author:

Project Manager

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Transfer of the Advance to Work and Advance Plus schemes from the Department of Education Sport and Culture to the Social Security Department

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to accept responsibility for the permanent transfer of the Advance to Work and Advance Plus schemes with effect from 1 September 2012 subject to approval for the additional headcount from the Treasury Department.

With effect from 1 January 2013, funding of £950,000 for the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 will be transferred from the Department of Education, Sport and Culture to the Social Security Department. No uplift is included for 2014 and 2015.

There is a current full-time equivalent (FTE) of 18 that will be transferred from the Department of Education, Sport and Culture to the Social Security Department from 1 September 2012. A request has been made to the Treasury for formal approval of the remaining 7 FTE currently employed as detailed in the table below:

Department	Advance To Work		Advance Plus
Department	Headcount	FTE	Headcount	FTE
ESC Transfer	15	14.0811	5	4.6216
Scheme Total	16	15.0811	11	10.6216
Deficit	-1	-1	-6	-6

Requested in Treasurer’s Decision	1	1	6	6

There are proposals in place to extend the schemes for the period 2013 to 2015. This will be funded from Social Security growth bids.

Reason(s) for Decision:

This decision was made to ensure that all projects that fall under the remit of the Back to Work project team are administered by one department to ensure consistency of approach and service delivery across all schemes.

Resource Implications:

There are no budgetary implications for 2012, as funding for this period will be provided from the Social Security Back to Work project.

The Medium Term Financial Plan will reflect the move as a service transfer of £950,000 from the Department of Education, Sport and Culture to the Social Security Department in 2013 as detailed above.

Following approval of the request from the Treasurer for FTE against the additional 7 posts and the transfer of 18 FTE from the Department of Education, Sport and Culture, the Social Security Department will have an additional 25 FTE.

Action required:

Treasurer to approve additional FTE. Social Security Finance and Operations Director to implement transfer.

Signature:

Position:

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):