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A decision made to approve the request to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to employ up to five temporary contract staff from March to December 2007 for the development of the income support scheme.

Ministerial Decision

Subject:	Income Support-request for additional contract staff
Decision Reference:	MD-S-2006-0016		Exempt clause(s):	Public
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	Meeting 27/01/06		Report File ref:	L:\General Information\Workgroups\Policy\income support\Income Support Temporary staff.doc
Written report – Title	Income Support –request for temporary contract posts
Written report – Author (name and job title)	T.F.Gales Policy and Strategy Director
Decision(s): Approve the request to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to employ upto 5 temporary contract staff from March 2006 to December 2007 for the development of the income support scheme.
Reason(s) for decision: The Income Support system is a time critical development crucial to the overall fiscal policy and must be in place in 2007. Key members of staff within the Social Security Department will have to be drawn from day to day operations in the development and testing stages of the IT project and the data take on and transition stages prior to implementation will require significant resource to check data and prepare for adjustments to existing beneficiary payments. The 5 posts will backfill positions in the development/testing phases and be used extensively in data take on and transition. Estimated costs are £78,000 in 2006 and £100,000 in 2007 and this request is taken separately from an overall request which includes IT contract costs as these are unknown at present and temporary staff need to be recruited.
Action required: Request to be sent to Treasury and Resources Department for decision.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)		Date of Decision: 3rd February 2006

Income Support - request for additional contract staff

Information about the publication of Ministerial Decisions

A decision made to approve the request to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to employ up to five temporary contract staff from March to December 2007 for the development of the income support scheme.