Budget transfer from Central Contingencies to Department of Environment: Voluntary Release Scheme

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A decision made 16 December 2016:

Decision reference: MD-PE-2016-0162
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of funding between Central Contingencies and the Department of Environment to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Decision Summary:	2nd December 2016
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:	Transfer of funding between Central Contingencies and the Department of Environment to recognise the savings and costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.		Date of Written Report:	2nd December 2016
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of funding between Central Contingencies and the Department of Environment (DOE) to recognise the 2016 costs associated with the Voluntary Release Scheme.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £42,034.73 from Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision for VR Applications approved and signed from 1st July to 31st December 2016.
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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.
Resource Implications: DOE revenue head of expenditure to increase by a total of £42,034.73 Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to decrease by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2016 to 2019.
Action required: The Finance Director to notify the Head of Decision Support that the Decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Deputy S Luce Minister of Environment
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