Ex Gratia Payment (P.130/2013) to Mr. Terry McDonald as approved by States Assembly

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A decision made 8 December 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2013-0110
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency funding for the ex gratia payment to Mr T McDonald		Date of Decision Summary:	4 December 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Contingency funding for the ex gratia payment to Mr T McDonald		Date of Written Report:	4 December 2013
Written Report Author:	Treasurer of the States		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: An ex gratia payment to Mr Terry McDonald, as approved by the States Assembly.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £50,000, from Central Contingency (one-off) to the Treasury and Resources (T&R) revenue head of expenditure to allow an ex gratia payment to Mr Terry McDonald in accordance with a decision by the States Assembly P.130/2013.
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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The States Assembly approved P.130/2013, on the 20th November 2013, to make an ex gratia payment of £50,000 from central contingencies to Mr T McDonald as compensation for costs incurred in the setting-up of an unsuccessful charity fireworks display in the summer of 2007. The States Decision made clear that it did “not seek to try to accept or apportion any blame [on departments] for how events transpired” it was nonetheless appropriate for an ex gratia payment to be made. The sum of £50,000 is required to be transferred to a department in order for the payment to be made as a payments cannot be made direct from Central Contingencies.
Resource Implications: The T&R revenue head of expenditure will increase by £50,000 in 2013 with Central Contingency (one-off) decreasing by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2013.
Action required: Business Manager to inform the Head of Financial Planning, Financial Performance Reporting Manager that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P. F.C. Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: