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Budget transfers from Central Contingency to Health and Social Services and establishment of 2 posts: Children's Change Programme

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A decision made 19 January 2017:

Decision Reference:       MD-HSS-2016-0077

Decision Summary Title:

Central Contingency Funding Request – Investment in initiatives that support vulnerable children (Children’s Change Programme)

Date of Decision Summary:

9th December 2016

 

Decision Summary Author:

Assistant Director of Finance

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title:

Central Contingency Funding Request – Investment in initiatives that support vulnerable children (Children’s Change Programme)

Date of Written Report:

9th December 2016

 

Written Report Author:

Assistant Director of Finance

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  One-off budget transfers of £40,000 in 2017, £47,500 in 2018 and £47,500 in 2019 from Central Contingency to the Health and Social Services Department to support delivery of a Children’s Change Programme, and to increase the H&SS establishment by 2 FTE from 1st March 2017 until the end of 2019.

Officer recommendation:  The Minister requested the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve budget transfers of £40,000 in 2017, £47,500 in 2018 and £47,500 in 2019 from Central Contingency to the Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to support delivery of a Children’s Change Programme.  The Minister also requested the Minister for Treasury and Resources to allocate 2 additional FTE to the H&SS establishment from 1st March 2017 until the end of 2019.

Decision(s): The Minister accepted budget transfers of £40,000 in 2017, £47,500 in 2018 and £47,500 in 2019 from Central Contingency to the Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to support delivery of a Children’s Change Programme, and 2 additional FTEs from 1st March 2017 until the end of 2019.

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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

To comply with P.67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States and delegation 2.3 in which authority is delegated to the Treasurer of the States for agreeing non-contentious increases to States staffing levels.

Resource Implications:  The H&SS revenue head of expenditure to increase by £40,000 in 2017, £47,500 in 2018 and £47,500 in 2019, and the Central Contingency to decrease by an identical amount.  This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2016 to 2019.  The H&SS establishment to increase by 2 FTE from 1st March 2017 until 31st December 2019.

Action required:   Assistant Director of Finance H&SS to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the transfer and additional FTE.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Health and Social Services

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision:

 

 

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