Jersey Care Inquiry: Central Contingency transfer and return of funds from Education, Sport and Culture Department

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A decision made 14 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2015-0135
Decision Summary Title:	Independent Jersey Care Inquiry – allocation from Contingency for costs incurred in 2015		Date of Decision Summary:	14th December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Independent Jersey Care Inquiry – allocation from Contingency for costs incurred in 2015		Date of Written Report:	10th December 2015
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt (Article 31)
Subject: Non-recurring Central Contingency allocation of up to £8,760,391 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for costs associated with the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI) and the return of £250,000 from the Education, Sport and Culture Department (ESC) to Central Contingencies for funding no longer required.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of up to £8,760,391 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for costs associated with the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI) and the return of £250,000 from the Education, Sport and Culture Department (ESC) to Central Contingencies for funding no longer required.
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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. On 09th December 2015, the Council of Ministers agreed to the request to allocate up to £8,760,391 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for costs associated with the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI) and the return of £250,000 from the Education, Sport and Culture Department (ESC) to Central Contingencies for funding no longer required. Amounts to be allocated will be finalised once actual expenditure is known to the end of December 2015.
Resource Implications: The following revenue heads of expenditure to increase in 2015 by up to the amounts shown: States Assembly (for the independent Panel) – £5,687,924 Law Officers’ Department – £575,000 Home Affairs Department (States of Jersey Police) - £900,000 Health and Social Services - £208,500 Chief Minister’s Department - £1,388,967 The revenue head of expenditure for ESC to decrease by £250,000 to reflect the return to Contingency of funding previously allocated and drawn down but now forecast to be no longer required. Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) to decrease by a net amount of up to £8,510,391 in 2015. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2013 to 2015.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to notify the Head of Financial Performance Reporting, States Treasury that the decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: