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Budget Transfer from Contingency Funding: 2014 Pay Award

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A decision made on 13 December 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2013-0152

Decision Summary Title:

Contingency Funding to Departments for the 2014 4% Consolidated Pay Award

Date of Decision Summary:

13th  December 2013

Decision Summary Author:

Finance Manager – Corporate Group

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Contingency Funding to Departments for the 2014 4% Consolidated Pay Award

Date of Written Report:

26th November 2013

Written Report Author:

Finance Manager – Corporate Group

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  Transfer of contingency funding from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) to the Chief Minister’s Department for costs associated with the 4% Consolidated Pay Award for 2014 and approval for an identical transfer in 2015 for the recurring effect of the pay award.

Decision(s):  The Minister accepted a budget transfer for contingency funding totalling £539,854 from the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) for costs associated with the 2014 4% Consolidated Pay Award and an identical transfer in 2015 for the recurring effect of the pay award.

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 SEB have offered a 4% Consolidated Pay Award for 2014 for which contingency funding is held in the States of Jersey Central Contingency (Pay Provision).  In order to make the payments associated with this award it is necessary to have the budget transferred to the Chief Minister’s Department’s revenue head of expenditure.

Resource Implications:  The Chief Minister’s Department’s revenue head of expenditure will increase by £539,854 in 2014 and 2015 and the Central Contingency (Pay Provision) will decrease by an identical amount.  This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.

 

The recurring impact of these budget transfers will be reflected in the Chief Minister’s Department’s base budget in the next MTFP 2016-2019.

Action required:  Finance Director to liaise with Treasury and Resources Department to effect the necessary budget transfer.

Signature:

 

 

 

Position:

 

 

Deputy Chief Minister                

Date Signed:        

 

Date of Decision:  

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