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Budget Transfer: Central Contingencies to Education Department (2016 Voluntary Release Scheme Costs)

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A decision made 20 July 2016:

Decision reference: MD-ESC-2016-0021

Decision Summary Title:

Allocation of Central Contingencies – Redundancy Provision to the Education Department to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.

Date of Decision Summary:

6th July 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:

Allocation of Central Contingencies – Redundancy Provision to the Education Department to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.

Date of Written Report:

6th July 2016

Written Report Author:

Finance Manager

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:

Central Contingency funding allocation to the Education Department to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme in 2016.

Decision(s):

The Minister agreed the amount and requested that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approve a non-recurring budget transfer of £88,745.56 in 2016 from Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to the Education Department revenue head of expenditure to fund the Voluntary Release Scheme.

 

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.

 

On 16th and 17th April 2015, the Council of Ministers agreed to the request to approve non-recurring funding in 2015 totalling £5,100,000 from the Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision to various departments for the funding of the Voluntary Release Scheme.

 

This request is to fund the next tranche of VR Applications to 30th June 2016.

 

Resource Implications:

The Education Department revenue head of expenditure to increase by a total of £88,745.56 in 2016 and the Central Contingency – Redundancy Provision funding to decrease by an identical 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 Minister for the Education Department 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 Rod Bryans

Minister for Education Department        

 

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

 

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