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A decision made (05/12/2008) regarding: Subsidised Products Scheme - Transfer to Health.

Decision Reference: MD-S-2008-0088
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Family Nursing Transfer to Health		Date of Decision Summary:	5 December 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Richard Lang – Finance Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	Transfer of Budget under the Subsidised Product Scheme to Health & Social Services		Date of Written Report:	5 December 2008
Written Report Author:	Richard Lang – Finance Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Subsidised Products Scheme Budget Transfer.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to a budget transfer of £175,000 in 2008 from the Social Security Department to the Health & Social Services Department. The budget is included in the Social Security Annual Business Plan and cash limit for 2008.
Reason(s) for Decision: In late 2007 it was agreed by the Subsidised Product Scheme Working Party that the Subsidised Product Scheme (the ‘scheme’) should be more appropriately managed by Health & Social Services. The scheme is administered by Family Nursing & Home Care who are paid an annual grant from the Social Security Department to meet the provisions of the scheme. A Service Level Agreement exists between the two organisations. It was proposed that the budget, allocated from the Departments Social Fund and included in the Social Security Annual Business Plan and cash limit for 2008, be transferred to Health & Social Services from 1 January 2008. The amount to be transferred was £175,000 in perpetuity. It was noted that the £175,000 was adjusted in the cash limits for both Departments as part of the 2009 States of Jersey Annual Business Plan.
Resource Implications: Financial: A reduction in the Social Security Departments budget for 2008 of £175,000 noting that this had been adjusted in the Departments Business Plan for 2009. Manpower: Nil Property: Nil ICT: Nil Law Drafting: Nil
Action required: The Finance Director to implement the transfer of the budget for the Subsidised Product Scheme amounting to £175,000 and communicate this to the Treasury and Resources Department, subject to a corresponding Ministerial Decision by the Minister for Health and Social Services.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):