Budget Transfer: Central Contingencies to Department for Infrastructure (2016 Voluntary Release Scheme Costs)

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A decision made 12 July 2016:

Decision reference: MD-T-2016-0064
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of funding between Central Contingencies and the Department for Infrastructure to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Decision Summary:	08 July 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Finance 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 funding between Central Contingencies and the Department for Infrastructure to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Written Report:	08 July 2016
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of funding between Central Contingencies and the Department for Infrastructure to recognise the 2016 savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £246,277.00 in 2016 from the DFI revenue head of expenditure, as outlined in the attached report, to Central Contingency – Budget Measures to recognise the 2016 savings associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme, and £986,290.00 non-recurring budget transfer to departments from Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision for VR Applications approved and signed up to 30 June 2016.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 (the Law) states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from heads of expenditure to contingency expenditure in a financial year. Article 18(2)(c) of the Law requires departments wanting to transfer funds from heads of expenditure to contingency expenditure to obtain the approval of the Minister responsible for their administration. 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. This Decision reduces DFI’s budgets to reflect the savings associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme and transfers the savings to Central Contingency, and also funds the next tranche of VR Applications to 30 June 2016.
Resource Implications: DFI revenue head of expenditure to decrease by a total of £246,277.00 in 2016 and the Central Contingency – Budget Measures to increase by an identical amount. DFI revenue head of expenditure to increase by a total of £986,290.00 and Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to decrease by the same 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.
Action required: The Finance Director to notify the Head of Decision Support that the Decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Infrastructure
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: