Transfer of Education Officer budget to the Home Affairs Department.

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A decision made (20/11/2008) regarding: Transfer of Education Officer budget to the Home Affairs Department.

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2008-0079
Decision Summary Title :			Date of Decision Summary:	11 November 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Carol Nicholas, Finance Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Transfer of Education Officer Budget to the Home Affairs Department		Date of Written Report:	07 November 2008
Written Report Author:	Carol Nicholas, Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of Education Officer budget to the Home Affairs Department.
Decision(s): The Minister accepted the funding transfer of £46,610 from the Education Sport & Culture Department with effect from 01 April 2008 and the full year effect of £63,300 from 2009 (ECS Ministerial Decision MD – ESC – 2008 – 0025 refers).
Reason(s) for Decision: To assist HMP La Moye to provide education to those individuals of compulsory school age who are either on remand or have been sentenced.
Resource Implications: FTE has been provided by HM Prison within the Performance Improvement Plan which was requested and approved in 2007.
Action Required: The Finance Director to request the Treasurer of the States to action this as a non-contentious transfer between departments in accordance with Financial Direction 3.6 (Variations to Heads of Expenditure).
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Transfer of Education Officer budget to the Home Affairs Department.

HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Transfer of Education Officer Budget from the Education, Sport & Culture Department to the Home Affairs Department

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this report is to:-

outline the background and circumstances of the transfer of the budget of an Education Officer post within Education, Sport & Culture (ESC) to the Home Affairs Department;

seek Ministerial approval to accept the funding from 01 April 2008 from ESC.

BACKGROUND

In early 2007, following the release of the HMI Report, the Head of Evaluation and Standards from ESC worked with the Prison Governor regarding the then current level of education provision at the Prison for those individuals of compulsory school age (both on remand and sentenced) which had up until that point been met by teachers from Greenfields Centre and previously Les Chenes School.

It was agreed that a temporary secondment of a full time FTE for a period of 12 months from April 2007 would be given to the Prison to enable the introduction of a dedicated Education Department. Due to its success in the spring of 2008 this secondment was made permanent and the Assistant Director for Schools and Colleges took the decision to transfer the funding to the Home Affairs Department (equivalent to the post holders current salary level).

During the temporary secondment no budget was transferred and the seconded Assistant Head Teacher from Hautlieu continued as an employee of ESC. The Home Affairs Department provided ESC the difference in funding between the proposed supplementary allowance and the current salary of the post holder

3. RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister agrees to the transfer of the pro-rated funding from 01 April 2008 in the amount of £46,610 and the full year effect funding of £63,300 from 01 January 2009.

Prepared by:

Carol Nicholas Finance Manager 07 November 2008