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Budget Transfer from Central Contingency to Health and Social Services for Doctor's Pay Award 2014

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A decision made 3 October 2014:

Decision Reference:       MD-HSSD-2014-0045

Decision Summary Title :

Contingency Funding for 2014 Doctors’ Pay Award

 

Date of Decision Summary:

3rd October 2014

Decision Summary Author:

 

Assistant Director of Finance – Planning and Accounting

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 2014 Doctors’ Pay Award

 

Date of Written Report:

3rd October  2014

Written Report Author:

Assistant Director of Finance – Planning and Accounting

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Transfer of contingency funding from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the Health and Social Services Department for costs associated with the Doctors’ Pay Award for 2014.

 

Decision(s): The Minister agreed to accept the non-recurring budget transfer of £30,000 in 2014 and £10,000 in 2015 from the Central Contingency to fund the Doctors’ 1% non-consolidated pay award for 2014, as detailed in the attached report.

 

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 of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The Doctors’ pay awards are linked to the NHS pay scales and contingency funding is held for these in the States of Jersey Central Contingency. In order to make the payments associated with this award it is necessary to have the budget transferred to the Health and Social Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure.

 

Resource Implications: The Health and Social Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure to increase by £30,000 in 2014 and £10,000 in 2015 and the contingency expenditure to decrease by the same amounts. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.

 

Action required: The Director of Finance and Information to forward a copy of the signed decision to the Treasury & Resources department and request the necessary approval for the budget transfer.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Assistant Minister, Health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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Budget Transfer from Central Contingency to Health and Social Services for Doctor's Pay Award 2014

Health and Social Services

Minister’s Decision Report

 

 

CONTINGENCY FUNDING FOR 2014 DOCTORS’ PAY AWARD

 

 

  1. Purpose of Report

 

To enable the Minister for Health and Social Services (H&SS) to approve a 2014 request for the non-recurring budget transfer of £30,000 in 2014 and £10,000 in 2015 from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the Health and Social Services Department for costs associated with the 1% non-consolidated 2014 pay award for Doctors’.

 

  1. Background

 

Doctors’ pay awards are linked to the NHS pay scales and contingency funding is held for these in the States of Jersey Central Contingency. The doctors’ pay award for 2014 represents a 1% non-consolidated award (from April 2014 to March 2015) for all those doctors’ on the top of their pay band. In order to make the payments associated with this award it is necessary to have the budget transferred to the Health and Social Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure.

 

  1. Recommendation

 

The Minister is recommended to accept a non-recurring budget transfer of £30,000 in 2014 and £10,000 in 2015 from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) for costs associated with the 2014 1% non-consolidated pay award for Doctors’.

 

  1. Reason 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 of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

 

In order to make the payments associated with this award it is necessary to have the budget transferred to the Health and Social Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure.

 

  1. Resource Implications

 

The Health and Social Services Department’s revenue head of expenditure to increase by £30,000 in 2014 and £10,000 in 2015 and the contingency expenditure to decrease by the same amounts. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.

 

 

Report author : Planning Accountant

 

Document date : 3rd October 2014

Quality Assurance / Review : Assistant Director of Finance (Planning)

File name and path: L:\Finance\FPA\Financial Planning\Ministerial Decisions\WR – Budget Transfer from T&R – Doctors’  Pay Awards – Final Version

 

 

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