Emergency Planning Function: Transfer from Chief Minister's Department to Home Affairs Department as of 1 January 2015

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A decision made 13 February 2015:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2015-0016
Decision summary title Transfer of Emergency Planning Function from Chief Minister’s Department to the Home Affairs Department
Decision summary author	Finance Manager Corporate Group	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title
Report author or name of person giving report	Finance Manager Corporate Group	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The transfer of the Emergency Planning Function from the Chief Ministers Department (CMD) to the Home Affairs Department (HA) with effect from 1 January 2015, to enable the Chief Fire Officer to manage the Emergency Planning Office roles and budget more efficiently. The Chief Minister: agreed to seek the approval from the Minister for Treasury and Resources for a budget transfer with effect from 1 January 2015 of £150,031 from the CMD revenue head of expenditure to the HA revenue head of expenditure. agreed to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to reduce the CMD 2015 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) included in the 2015 Annex to the MTFP by 1.5. agreed to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to vary the presentation of the Department’s Service Analysis in the MTFP to reflect the transfer.
Resource implications The CMD revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £150,031 and the HA revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount. The CMD approved FTE total will decrease by 1.5 FTE (2.0 headcount) and the HA approved FTE total will increase by an identical amount. There is no overall increase in FTE to the States of Jersey because of this decision. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2013 – 2015. This transfer will be reflected in the next MTFP 2016-2019.
Action required Research and Project Officer to notify Finance Manager, Corporate Group that the decision has been approved.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision