Budget Transfer: Community and Constitutional Affairs Department: Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

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A decision made 15 December 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0156
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency funding to CCA following ICJI Panel findings		Date of Decision Summary:	14th December 2017
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:	Contingency funding to CCA following ICJI Panel findings		Date of Written Report:	19th October 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Allocation of £63,500 in 2017 from Contingency to the Community and Constitutional Affairs Department (“CCA”) following publication of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (“IJCI”) Panel report.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of £63,500 in 2017 from Contingency to the Community and Constitutional Affairs Department (“CCA”) following publication of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (“IJCI”) Panel 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 of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. The Council of Ministers approved this allocation at its meeting of 8th March 2017.
Resource Implications: Central Contingencies balance to decrease by £63,500 and the revenue heads of expenditure the Community and Constitutional Affairs Department to increase by a total of an identical amount.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Director of Finance, CCA once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: