Budget Transfer: Central Contingencies to Social Security Department (2016 Voluntary Release Scheme Costs)

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A decision made 15 July 2016:

Decision reference: MD-S-2016-0047
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of funding between Social Security Department and Central Contingencies to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Decision Summary:	13 July 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager Social Security		Decision Summary:	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer of funding between Social Security Department and Central Contingencies to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Written Report:	13 July 2016
Written Report	Finance Manager Social Security		Written Report	Public
Subject: Central Contingency funding allocation to the Social Security Department to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed the amount and requested that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approve a non-recurring budget transfer of £28,684.27 in 2016 from Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to the Social Security Department revenue head of expenditure to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme.
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. On 16 and 17 April 2015, the Council of Ministers agreed to the request to approve non-recurring funding in 2015 totalling £5,100,000 from the Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to various departments for the funding of the Voluntary Release Scheme. MD-S-2016-0005 approved funding of £290,704.24 to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2015 in line with the allocation of funding approved by the States Assembly in P.72/2015 Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 – 2019 (as amended). This Decision funds the next tranche of VR Applications to 30th June 2016.
Resource Implications: Social Security Department revenue head of expenditure to increase by a total of £28,684.27 in 2016 and the Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision funding 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.
Action required: Business Manager to advise Finance Manager that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: