Voluntary Redundancy Payments: Transfer of Funding

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A decision made on 24 December 2010 regarding the transfer of funding for voluntary redundancy payments

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0189
Decision Summary Title:	Transfers of funding from Social Security Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) payments		Date of Decision Summary:	15th December 2010
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:	Transfers of funding from Social Security Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) payments		Date of Written Report:	15th December 2010
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfers of funding from Social Security Department for Voluntary Redundancy (VR) payments
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of a total of £470,841 from the Social Security Department to the revenue heads of expenditure of the departments listed in the table below for the second tranche of approved VR applications: Chief Minister's Department £96,372 Education, Sport and Culture £84,846 Treasury and Resources £177,725 Home Affairs £111,898
Reason(s) for Decision: MD-TR-2010-0159, signed on 12th November 2010, approved the initial allocation of £5,760,373 (out of the £6 million approved by the States in P64/2010) from Treasury and Resources to the Chief Minister’s Department, and onwards to departments, to meet the cost of approved voluntary redundancy payments. MD-TR-2010-0186 approved further transfers to reflect: transfer back of funding where VR applications are no longer going ahead; uplift of previous transfers by 2% for agreed pay award where applicants are leaving after 31st December 2010; and transfer of the balance of approved P64/2010 funding for VRs from the Treasury and Resources contingency to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure – this balance amounts to £239,627. This decision approves transfers from the Social Security Department Head of Expenditure to a number of departments to complete funding for approved VR applications in 2010. Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 permits the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve that a head of expenditure may be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. This decision further implements the States’ approval of P64/2010.
Resource Implications: There will be no increase to total approved States net revenue expenditure as a result of this decision.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to inform the Head of Financial Performance Reporting that the transfers have been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: