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Long-Term Care Fund: Health and Social Services Department Contribution: 2016 - 2019

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A decision made 15 June 2015:

Decision Reference:       MD-HSS-2015-0019

Decision Summary Title :

P.140/2013 HSSD contribution  to the Long Term Care Fund  2016 - 2019

Date of Decision Summary:

05 June 2015

Decision Summary Author:

Assistant Director of Finance

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

P.140/2013 HSSD contribution  to the Long Term Care Fund  2016 - 2019

Date of Written Report:

 05 June 2015

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal SSD

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

WR: Public

SD: Exempt (35)

Subject:

 

Agreement of the calculations for the Health and Social Services Department contribution into the Long-Term Care Fund as per P.140/2013 Long-Term Care (States Contribution) (Jersey) Regulations 2014.

 

Decision(s):

 

The Minister agreed:

  • the saving in net revenue expenditure as £3,900,000; and
  • the increase in income as £4,600,000

 

The above amounts will be transferred to the Social Security Department from the Health and Social Services Department with effect from 1 January 2016 as part of the MTFP 2016-2019.

These transfers, together with other contributions from States funds, will provide the Social Security Department with appropriate budget from which to make the following States Contribution into the Long-Term Care Fund for the duration of the medium term financial plan (MTFP): 2016 – 2019.

 

Year

Figure

2016

£28,212,900

2017

£28,382,200

2018

£28,552,500

2019

£28,723,800

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

Article 1 of the Long-Term Care (States Contribution) (Jersey) Regulation 2014 Article 1 states there shall, for 2016 and every subsequent year, be paid into the Long-Term Care Fund from the Consolidated Fund an amount determined in accordance with these Regulations (referred to in these regulations as the ‘States Contribution’).

P.140/2013 Long-Term Care (States Contribution) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 explains the calculation methodology to adopt in determining these values.

 

 

Resource Implications:  None

 

Action required:

 

Assistant Director of Finance to seek the necessary approvals and communicate this decision to relevant officers in the Social Security Department and the Treasury and Resources Department.

Signature:

Position:

Minister for Health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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Long-Term Care Fund: Health and Social Services Department Contribution: 2016 - 2019

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Health and Social Services Department

Joint Ministerial Decision Report

 

 

P.140/2013:

LONG-TERM CARE (STATES CONTRIBUTION) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2014

 

1                        Calculation of States Contribution for 2016

1.1.1           As detailed in P.140/2013:

 

2 Calculation of States contribution for 2016

(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), the States contribution for 2016 is the product of the following formula –

A x (1+B)

Where –

(a) A is the base figure described in paragraph (3); and

(b) B is the percentage rise, over the period of 24 months ending mid-March in 2015, in the Jersey All Items Retail Price Index produced by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit.

1.2                  A: base figure

1.2.1           To work out A x (1+B), as detailed in P.140/2013:

(3) The base figure is the sum of the following amounts –

(a)  the saving in revenue expenditure that would have been made by the Health and Social Services Department for the whole of 2014 if the provision of benefits had commenced under the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 on 1st January 2014 instead of on 1st July 2014;

(b)  the increase in income that the Health and Social Services Department would have received for the whole of 2014 if the provision of benefits had commenced under the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 on 1st January 2014 instead of on 1st July 2014, and the amount of charges made under the Hospital Charges (Long-Stay Patients (Jersey) Law 1999, or any enactment that repeals and replaces it, had been increased on 1st January 2014; and

(c)  the whole of the revenue expenditure allocated for 2014 to payments under Article 9 of the Income Support (Transitional Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008, or any enactment that replaces it, that would not have been spent by the Social Security Department for the whole of 2014 if the provision of benefits had commenced under the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012 on 1st January 2014 instead of on 1st July 2014.

1.2.2           For part 3 (a), the saving in revenue expenditure that would have been made by the Health and Social Services Department based on 1st July 2014 to 31st December 2014 was agreed at £1,981,256.00. Had the provision of benefits started on 1st January 2014, this figure is agreed as £3,900,000.

1.2.3           For part 3 (b), the increase in income that the Health and Social Services Department based on 1st July 2014 to 31st December 2014 was agreed at £2,512,230.59. Had the provision of benefits started on 1st January 2014, this figure is agreed as £4,600,000.

1.2.4           For part 3 (c), the revenue expenditure allocated expenditure allocated for 2014 to payments under Article 9 of the Income Support (Transitional Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2008 was agreed at £19,051,700.

 

3 (a)

3 (b)

3 (c)

Total

HSSD

£3,900,000

£4,600,000

-           

£8,500,000

SSD

-           

-           

£19,051,700

£19,051,700

Total

£3,900,000

£4,600,000

£19,051,700

£27,551,700

Table 1: Value of A – base figure

1.2.5           This means that the value of A if £27,551,700

1.3                  B: percentage rise

1.3.1           To work out A x (1+B), as detailed in P.140/2013:

(2)  If “B” in paragraph (1)(b) is nil or a negative amount, the States contribution for 2016 is the base figure described in paragraph (3).

1.3.2           B is the percentage rise, over the period of 24 months ending mid-March in 2015, in the Jersey All Items Retail Price Index produced by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit and has been confirmed as 2.4%.

1.4                  A x (1+B)

1.4.1           £27,551,700 x (1+2.4%) is equal to: £28,212,900 (rounded to the nearest £100).

2                        Calculation of States Contribution for 2017 onwards

2.1.1           As detailed in P.140/2013:

2 Calculation of States contribution for 2017 and ensuing years

(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), the States contribution for 2017 or any subsequent year (a “contribution year”) is the product of the following formula –

A x (1+B)

Where –

(a) A is the States contribution for the year preceding the contributions year; and

(b) B is the percentage rise, over the period of 12 months ending mid-March in the base year, in the Jersey All Items Retail Price Index produced by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit.

(2)  If “B” in paragraph (1)(b) is nil or a negative amount, the States contribution for the contribution year is the same as the States contribution for the preceding year.

(3)  In this Regulation –

 “base year” means the year before the first year of the medium term financial plan in which the contribution year falls;

 “medium term financial plan” means a plan prepared in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 and approved by the States.

2.2                  A: base figure

2.2.1           To work out A x (1+B), as detailed in P.140/2013, A is £28,212,900 (rounded to the nearest £100).

2.3                  B: percentage rise

2.3.1           To work out A x (1+B), as detailed in P.140/2013, B is the percentage rise, over the period of 12 months ending mid-March in the base year, in the Jersey All Items Retail Price Index produced by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit and has been confirmed as 0.6% (March 2015).

2.3.2           The medium term financial plan (MTFP) runs from 2016 – 2019 inclusive.

2.4                  A x (1+B)

2.4.1           The following are rounded to the nearest £100:

Year

Calculation

Figure

2016

£27,551,700 x (1+2.4%)

£28,212,900

2017

£28,212,900 x (1+0.6%)

£28,382,200

2018

£28,382,200 x (1+0.6%)

£28,552,500

2019

£28,552,500 x (1+0.6%)

£28,723,800

 

 

 

 

Report author : Policy Principal SSD

Document date : 12 June 2015

Quality Assurance / Review :

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MD sponsors :  

Director of Finance and Governance, SSD

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