Customer and Local Services; Children, Young People, Education and Skills; Health and Community Services; Infrastructure, Housing and Environment and Office of the Chief Executive: Fiscal Stimulus Fund Allocations: Tranche Two

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A decision made on 16 June 2021

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2021-0074
Decision Summary Title:	Fiscal Stimulus Fund allocations – Tranche Two		Date of Decision Summary:	14 June 2021
Decision Summary Author:	Specialist – Business Cases		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title:	Fiscal Stimulus Tranche Two Recommendations		Date of Written Report:	14 June 2021
Written Report Author:	Specialist – Business Cases		Written Report: Public or Exempt?	Exempt – Article 26
Subject: The allocation of up to £6,816,591.29 from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund to Departments listed in Table One for Tranche Two grant awards. The totals by department are: Customer and Local Services (CLS) - £189,500 Children, Young People, Education and Skills (CYPES) - £1,897,300 Health and Community Services (HCS) - £859,655.05 Infrastructure, Housing and Environment (IHE) - £1,477,070.24 Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) - £2,393,066
Decision(s): The Minister approved an allocation of up to £6,816,591.29 from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund to Departments as set out in Table One and the use of additional income by those departments in accordance with Article 21 of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 21 of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law relates to the power to allocate excess income. It states; (1) This Article applies if – (a) an approved government plan includes, under Article 9(8), the estimated income that will be earned by, or be attributable to, a States body or by an area of operation of a States body during the first financial year covered by the plan; and (b) income in excess of that estimate is earned by, or attributable to, the States body or area of operation during that financial year. (2) Despite the approved government plan, the Minister may direct that the excess income referred to in paragraph (1) (b) be allocated to a head of expenditure set out in the plan. (3) The amount subject to the Minister’s direction may be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund and spent on that head of expenditure in the first financial year covered by the approved government plan, as if the amount had been appropriated for that head of expenditure. The allocations will be treated as additional income to the heads of expenditure of the respective departments. Accountable Officers for these heads of expenditure have already been appointed by the Principal Accountable Officer. P128/20 sets out the terms of reference for the allocation of monies from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund. The Fund was established to assist the economy to recover in the short term from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision is the second allocation of monies from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund and represents the outcome of the appraisal of Tranche Two applications and any deferred applications from Tranche One which required additional information.
Resource Implications: The departmental head of expenditure to increase by up to £6,816,591.29 and the balance of the Fiscal Stimulus Fund to decrease by that amount. The allocation from the Fund will be applied as expenditure is made on the projects outlined above and will be subject to individual grant agreements that set out the terms of that expenditure. The income from the Fiscal Stimulus Fund and expenditure will match, therefore this decision has no effect on the Government Plan approved for 2021-2024. Only the income directly needed to fund the expenditure detailed is approved to be drawn down. The majority of this expenditure is expected to take place in 2021. Should any take place in 2022 then it will be drawn down in that year, and the approval for use of additional income will apply in that year. Table 1 This funding will be met from the existing Revolving Credit Facility. The costs of borrowing will be met from the Consolidated Fund as set out in the 2021-2024 Government Plan. There has been expenditure in respect of the appraisal process for the applications in Tranche One and Tranche Two and P.128/2020 set an amount of £250,000 to be made available to meet this type of expenditure. To date, £92,400.94 of costs have been allocated to this project as at the end of April 2021.
Action required: The Head of Financial Governance to advise the Directors General and Heads of Finance Business Partnering of the Departments that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Deputy S J Pinel Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed		Date of Decision: