Social Security Department under-spend 2013 transferred to Long Term Care Fund

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A decision made 20 January 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2014-0001
Decision Summary Title:	Social Security Department’s under-spend allocated in 2013 to create payments into the Long Term Care Fund		Date of Decision Summary:	6th January 2014
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:	Social Security Department’s under-spend allocated in 2013 to create payments into the Long Term Care Fund		Date of Written Report:	6th January 2013
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Social Security Department’s (SSD) under-spend allocation to create payments into the Long Term Care (LTC) Fund in 2013 as per the Addendum to P.140/2013 Long-Term Care (States Contribution) (Jersey) Regulations 201-
Decision(s): The Minister approved a grant payment of £11,700,000 from SSD revenue under-spends to the LTC Fund.
Reason(s) for Decision: The States Assembly approved the Long-Term Care (States Contribution) (Jersey) Regulations 201- (P.140/2013) on the 11th December 2013, in which is detailed the States’ Contribution from SSD and Health and Social Services in 2013 to 2015.
Resource Implications: The decision will result in an expense of £11,700,000 in the SSD revenue head of expenditure with the LTC Fund increasing by an identical amount in 2013. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 to 2015.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the Financial Performance Reporting Manager and the SSD Finance manager that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury & Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: