Home Affairs Department: Transfer of staff member from Treasury and Resources

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A decision made 6 October 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2011-0059
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Accounts Payable staff member from the Treasury and Resources Department to the Home Affairs Department (Police)		Date of Decision Summary:	04 October 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer of Accounts Payable staff member from the Treasury and Resources Department to the Home Affairs Department (Police)		Date of Written Report:	05 October 2011
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of Accounts Payable staff member from the Treasury and Resources Department to the Home Affairs Department (Police).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of 0.33 FTE and the associated budget of £4,478 for the period 01 August – 31 December 2011 and the amount of £10,748 with effect from 01 January 2012.
Reason(s) for Decision: A member of the Shared Services Accounts Payable team is based and works full time at Police HQ. As only a small percentage of their time was specific to Accounts Payable it is felt to be more practical and efficient to transfer the hours deemed Accounts Payable work to Police so they may manage the whole time of the member of staff.
Resource Implications: The Police revenue head of expenditure to increase by £4,478 in 2011 and £10,748 in 2012 and the Police headcount to increase by 0.33 FTE.
Action required: The Finance Manager for Home Affairs to notify the Director of Accounting Services, States Treasury that the transfer has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):