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A decision made 1 September 2010 regarding: Historic Child Abuse Enquiry - expenditure for second quarter of 2010 - reimbursement to departments.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0128
Decision Summary Title:	Reimbursement of Historic Child Abuse Enquiry Expenditure (HCAE) for the Second Quarter of 2010		Date of Decision Summary:	24th August 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Decision Support Officer		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer of Historical Child Abuse Enquiry Funds to Law Officers’ and Home Affairs Departments for Actual Expenditure Incurred For the Second Quarter 2010		Date of Written Report:	24th August 2010
Written Report Author:	Decision Support Officer		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The reimbursement of actual HCAE expenditure incurred in the second quarter of 2010.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £129,004 to the Law Officers’ Department and £221,500 to the Home Affairs Department from the Treasury and Resources Department contingency fund in order to cover actual HCAE expenditure incurred in the second quarter of 2010.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 15(1)(a) the Public Finance (Jersey) Law 2005 permits the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve that a head of expenditure may be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. Financial Direction 3.6, Variations to Heads of Expenditure states that transfers between revenue heads of expenditure above £100,000 require the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Resource Implications: There will be no increase to States net expenditure as a result of this decision.
Action required: Finance Manager, Decision Support to inform the Head of Financial Planning that the transfer has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Historic Child Abuse Enquiry - expenditure for second quarter of 2010 - reimbursement to departments

Treasury and Resources

Ministerial Decision Report

transfer of historical child abuse enquiry funds to law officers’ and home affairs departments for actual expenditure incurred for the SECOND quarter of 2010

1. Purpose of Report

To inform the Minister for Treasury and Resources of the total States Historic Child Abuse Enquiry (HCAE) expenditure incurred between 1 January and 30 June 2010, and the forecast HCAE expenditure for 2010. To also recommend that the Minister approves requests made by the Law Officers’ and Home Affairs Departments for the release and reimbursement of HCAE funding from the Treasury and Resources contingency fund for expenditure incurred in the second quarter of 2010.

2. Background

Following the approval of P.91/2008 and P.83/2009, £5.64 million was available for HCAE expenditure in 2009 of which £4.12 million was actually spent. This left a balance of £1.52 million to be carried forward to fund approved 2010 HCAE costs:-

	Roll Forward Available 2010	Forecast Expenditure 2010	Actual Expenditure 1/1/10 – 30/6/10
	£	£	£
Law Officers’ Department	(64,082)	350,000	200,572
Home Affairs	194,985	802,000	364,700
Health and Social Services	791,560	-	-
Education Sport and Culture	-	-	-
Property Holdings	427,807	-	-
	1,350,270	1,152,000	565,272
Contingency to allow flexibility	166,263		-
Total	1,516,533		565,272

3. Actual Position at 30 June 2010

The following table details the remaining P.83/2009 funds available, actual expenditure for the first and second quarters of 2010, and balance remaining:-

	Roll Forward Available 2010	Actual Expenditure 1/1/10 – 31/3/10 Q1	Actual Expenditure 1/4/10 – 30/6/10 Q2	Balance Remaining
	£	£	£	£
Law Officers’ Department	(64,082)	71,568	129,004	(264,654)
Home Affairs	194,985	143,200	221,500	(169,715)
Health and Social Services	791,560	-	-	791,560
Education Sport and Culture	-	-	-	-
Property Holdings	427,807	-	-	427,807
	1,350,270	214,768	350,504	784,998
Contingency to allow flexibility	166,263	-	-	166,263
Total	1,516,533	214,768	350,504	951,261

As at 30 June 2010, actual expenditure for the first quarter was £214,768 and for the second quarter was £350,504, leaving a balance remaining of £951,261 available to fund further approved 2010 HCAE costs.

Law Officers’ Department

A memo sent to the Treasury and Resources Department signed off by the Chief Clerk of the Law Officers’ requests reimbursement for HCAE costs totalling £129,004 for the second quarter of 2010. The £129,004 represents expenditure over five separate cases including £8,879 for general expenses.

Home Affairs Department

The Minister for Home Affairs has requested the Minister for Treasury and Resources to reimburse £221,500 of its expenditure for the second quarter of 2010 in relation to the HCAE. Second quarter actual and forecast expenditure details for 2010 are as follows:-

	Forecast Expenditure 2010	Actual Expenditure 1/1/10 – 31/3/10	Actual Expenditure 1/4/10 – 30/6/10	Balance Remaining
	£’000	£’000	£’000	£’000
Staff	521.0	99.9	133.3	287.8
Other Costs including: Forensics, Travel and Accommodation	281.0	43.3	88.2	149.5

Total	802.0	143.2	221.5	437.3

In accordance with P.83/2009, Accounting Officers have confirmed to the Treasury and Resources Department that:-

· costs are essential to the Historic Child Abuse Enquiry;

· cost cannot be absorbed within existing cash limits;

· costs are additional to usual expenses;

· reimbursements of funds will only be used for the purposes intended;

· there are appropriate controls in place to ensure that funds are being spent appropriately and that value for money is being achieved; and that

· financial directions are being complied with in respect of this expenditure.

4. Recommendation

For the Minister to approve the transfer of £129,004 to the Law Officers’ Department and £221,500 to the Home Affairs Department from the Treasury and Resources contingency fund in order to cover actual expenditure incurred in the second quarter of 2010 in relation to the HCAE.

5. Reason for Decision

Article 15(1)(a) the Public Finance (Jersey) Law 2005 permits the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve that a head of expenditure may be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. Financial Direction 3.6, Variations to Heads of Expenditure states that transfers between revenue heads of expenditure above £100,000 require the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

6. Resource Implications

This Decision will require a transfer of £350,504 from the Treasury and Resources contingency fund to the Law Officers’ and Home Affairs Department revenue head of expenditure.