Budget Transfer: Long Term Care: Capital Cost: Jersey Taxes Office

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A decision made 19 April 2013:

Decision Reference:
Decision Summary Title :	Budget Transfer Social Security Department to Jersey Taxes office – Long Term Care Capital Cost		Date of Decision Summary:	18 April 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Project Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Budget Transfer Social Security Department to Jersey Taxes office – Long Term Care Capital Cost		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Transfer of funds from Social Security Department Carry Forward to Jersey Taxes Office		Date of Written Report:	17 April 2013
Written Report Author:	Project Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Budget Transfer Social Security Department to Jersey Taxes office – Long Term Care Capital Cost
Decision(s): The Minister requested the transfer of £614,550 from the Social Security Department to the Jersey Taxes Office to fund capital costs which will be incurred during the implementation of the Long Term Care benefit project. This transfer is non-recurring.
Reason(s) for Decision: The States adopted the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 on 21 July 2011. To enable the implementation of the Long Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 the Jersey Taxes Office will be required to collect contributions which will be paid into the Long Term Care Fund on behalf of the Social Security Department. Jersey Taxes Office has identified the need for additional staff, IT development and hardware to complete this implementation at a cost of £614,550. Funding has been identified and agreed by the Council of Ministers as part of the 2012 Carry Forward submission by the Social Security Department, in order to support these costs.
Resource Implications: There are no manpower implications in respect of this decision. £614,550 will be removed from the Social Security Department Carry Forward and provided to the Jersey Taxes Office.
Action required: Finance and Governance Director to transfer funds.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Budget Transfer: Long Term Care: Capital Cost: Jersey Taxes Office

Social Security Department Ministerial Decision Report
Subject:	Transfer of funds from the Social Security Department Carry Forward to the Jersey Taxes Office
Exempt Clause:	Public	Date:	17 April 2013

Author:	Project Manager, Business Enablement Team

Introduction

The Social Security Department (SSD) requests the transfer of £614,550 to the Jersey Taxes Office as a non-recurring cost for the implementation of the Long Term Care Benefit.

Background

The States adopted the Long Term Care (Jersey Law) 2012 on 21 July 2011. The Social Security Department are leading on the implementation of this law and as confirmed by the Political Steering Group in January 2013, the Long Term Care funds will be raised through a separate charge based on income tax principles.

Recommendation

The Social Security Minister is recommended to approve a non-recurring budget transfer to the Jersey Taxes Office of £614,550 which are costs that relate to additional staff, IT development and hardware.

Reason for Decision

The Social Security Department requested as part of the 2012 Carry Forward £1,182,382 for the implementation costs of Long Term Care Benefit. This has been agreed by the Council of Ministers.

Contributions to the Long Term Care Benefit fund will be collected on behalf of the Social Security Department, by the Jersey Taxes Office. To enable the Jersey Taxes Office to collect the Long term Care contribution, developments are required to the ITAX software, additional staffing and further IT hardware is required. The capital non-recurring costs for the Jersey Taxes Office to implement the changes required will total £614,550 which is a proportion of the submission already agreed in the Social Security Department Carry Forward.

Resource Implications

There are no manpower implications in respect of this decision.

Action Required

Finance and Governance Director to transfer funds.