Environmental Health Service: Transfer from Health and Social Services to Environment Department

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A decision made on 3 May 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2016-0039
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Environmental Health Service from HSSD to the Department of the Environment.		Date of Decision Summary:	26th April 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Transfer of Environmental Health Service from HSSD to the Department of the Environment.		Date of Written Report:	26th April 2016
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The transfer of service responsibility for Environmental Health Services from the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) to the Department of the Environment with effect from 1st January 2016.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £680,200 from the HSSD revenue head of expenditure to the Department of the Environment revenue head of expenditure together with the transfer of 11.0 Full Time Equivalent staff (FTE’s) with effect from 1st January 2016. The Minister additionally approved the adjustment of the Departmental savings targets and cash limits for both HSSD and the Department of the Environment to reflect the impact of this transfer for the remaining years of the MTFP period 2017 to 2019.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Treasury and Resources Minister, be transferred from one head of expenditure to another. To comply with P67/1999, which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States. A decision was signed by the Minister for Health and Social Services Department (MD- HSS-2016-0027) on 18th April 2016 and by the Minister of the Environment (MD-PE-2016-0053) on 18th April 2016.
Resource Implications: The HSSD revenue head of expenditure will decrease by £680,200 and the Department of the Environment revenue head of expenditure will increase by £680,200 on a recurring basis. The HSSD FTE limit will decrease by 11.0 FTEs and the Department of the Environment FTE Limit will increase by the same amount. The transfer of 3 lease vehicles and one van is included in this realignment as is the specific equipment associated with the Environmental Health Department. This decision does not result in any overall increase or decrease in the net expenditure or manpower of the States, as approved in the MTFP2 Part 1 2016. This to take effect from 1 January 2016.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Director for Environment and the Assistant Director – Health and Social Services once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: