Budget transfer from Central Contingency to Community and Constitutional Affairs: Pay Award for 2015/2016 Uniformed Members of the Fire and Rescue Service

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A decision made 21 July 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0097
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency Funding for 2015/2016 Pay Award – Uniformed Fire & Rescue Service		Date of Decision Summary:	17th July 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Contingency Funding for 2015/2016 Pay Award – Uniformed Fire & Rescue Service		Date of Written Report:	17th July 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt FOI Article 34
Subject: Transfer of contingency funding from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to Community and Constitutional Affairs for costs associated with the pay award for 2015 / 2016 to uniformed members of the Fire and Rescue Service.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the following allocations from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision): A non- recurring allocation of £42,174 in 2017 to Community and Constitutional Affairs for the non-consolidated payment of £600 to uniformed members of the Fire and Rescue Service.
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. The Contingency Allocation Policy published by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (R.10/2012) states that all requests for Allocation from Contingency will be considered by the Council of Ministers and this allocation was approved at their meetings on 8th February and 10th May 2017. This settlement was agreed following arbitration on 30th June 2017.
Resource Implications: Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to decrease by £42,174 in 2017 and Community and Constitutional Affairs revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount. The recurring impact of a 1% pay award across all pay groups has been included in departments’ base budgets from 2017 as part of the MTFP Addition (MTFP Addition Annex, ‘Reconciliation of Net Revenue Expenditure’ section for each department).
Action required: Head of Decision Support to inform the Financial Performance Reporting Manager and the department Finance Director that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: