Central Contingency allocation for costs associated with Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI)

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A decision made 11 July 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2016-0056
Decision Summary Title:	Independent Jersey Care Inquiry – allocation from Contingency for costs incurred in 2016		Date of Decision Summary:	27th June 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Financial Performance Reporting Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Independent Jersey Care Inquiry – allocation from Contingency for costs incurred in 2016		Date of Written Report:	27th June 2016
Written Report Author:	Financial Performance Reporting Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Non-recurring Central Contingency allocation of up to £5,366,708 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for costs associated with the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI) in 2016.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of up to £5,366,708 from the Provision for Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) for costs associated with the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry (IJCI) in 2016.
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 or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. On 10th February 2016, the Council of Ministers approved the revised forecasts for 2016 with Panel costs being up to £15.3 million and £7.7million for States departments and agreed that the Minister for Treasury and Resources should draw-down the remaining balance from Contingency of the total funding recognising that a contingency of less than £10,000 would remain. Amounts to be allocated will be drawn down for June, September and finalised once actual expenditure is known to the end of December 2016.
Resource Implications: The following revenue heads of expenditure to increase in 2016 by up to the amounts shown: States Assembly (for the independent Panel) – £2,719,726 Law Officers’ Department – £494,634 Home Affairs Department (States of Jersey Police) - £458,792 Health and Social Services - £208,500 Chief Minister’s Department - £1,485,056 Central Reserves (Central Contingencies) to decrease by up to £5,366,708 in 2016. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for the period of the current MTFP 2016 to 2019.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to notify the Head of Financial Performance Reporting – Treasury and Resources that the decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: