Budget Transfer: Central Contingency Funding for Prince's Trust

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A decision made on 11 November 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2013-0021
Decision Summary Title:	Central Contingency funding allocation to Education, Sport and Culture for the Prince’s Trust		Date of Decision Summary:	23rd October 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Central Contingency funding allocation to Education, Sport and Culture for the Prince’s Trust		Date of Written Report:	23rd October 2013
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Central Contingency (one-off) funding allocation to Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) to support the expansion of Prince’s Trust activities in Jersey.
Decision(s): The Minister for ESC requested that the Minister for Treasury and Resources (T&R) approve a budget transfer from Central Contingency (one-off) to the ESC revenue head of expenditure of £147,000 in 2014 and £146,000 in 2015 to support the expansion of the Prince’s Trust. Similar funding for 2016 will be requested as a growth bid from the next Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP). The Minister for T&R further decided to set aside an additional £84,000 in 2014 and 2015 from Central Contingency (one-off) which could be transferred to ESC to support departments in back filling secondees. The budget transfer for these funds will be actioned upon approval by the Treasurer of the States by delegated decision. Similar funding for 2016 will be requested as a growth bid from the next MTFP
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorized to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The expansion of the Prince’s Trust was presented to the Council of Ministers in a meeting on 18th September 2013 by Mark Capern (Head of the Jersey Youth Service) and Rob Butcher (Operational Manager Prince’s Trust UK) and requires funding over and above that available to ESC in the MTFP 2013-15 to deliver on all aspects of the new Strategy.
Resource Implications: The ESC revenue head of expenditure will increase by £146,679 in 2014 and £145,929 in 2015 with Central Contingency (one-off) decreasing by an identical amount in the corresponding years. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2014 and 2015. In addition an increase of 2.5 FTE will be required resulting in extra headcount of 3. The scheme also relies on secondees being available from other departments to help run the courses at an annual cost of £84,000; with this still being the subject of inter-departmental discussions. Depending on the outcome of these discussions a further allocation of £84,000 in 2014 and 2015 may be required from Central Contingency (one-off). The budget transfer for these additional funds will be actioned upon approval by the Treasurer of the States by delegated decision. Any required growth bids once submitted by ESC for the continued funding of this expansion beyond 2015 will be considered in the next MTFP period 2016 to 2019.
Action required: The Minister for ESC to seek approval from the Minister for Treasury and Resources in accordance with Financial Direction 4.3 – Contingency Allocations to heads of expenditure, for the above described budget transfer.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Patrick Ryan Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: