Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law: Request of funding from central contingency fund from Treasury and Resources to support shortfall in administration

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A decision made 27 October 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2014-0174
Decision Summary Title :	Central Contingency Funding allocation to CMD for Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012	Date of Decision Summary:	20th October 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager, Corporate Group	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written	Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Central Contingency Funding allocation to CMD for Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012	Date of Written Report:	20th October 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Corporate Group	Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Central Contingency funding allocation to Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) to support the shortfall in funding for the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law.
Decision(s): The Chief Minister requested that the Minister for Treasury and Resources (T&R) approve a budget transfer from Central Contingency Funding to CMD revenue head of expenditure in 2014 of £250,000 to support the shortfall in funding for the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorized to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. This request is to address the shortfall in funding for the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law in respect of the fee line on the annual charge on registered employees not being supported by the States Assembly. This request has been approved by the Council of Minister’s in their meeting of the 11th July 2014.
Resource Implications: The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £250,000 in 2014 with Central Contingency funding decreasing by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in 2014.

Action required:

Research and Project Officer to notify the Finance Manager – Corporate Group that the decision has been approved.

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CHIEF MINISTER

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Director, Corporate Policy

States of Jersey Chief Minister's Office

Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law: Request of funding from central contingency fund from Treasury and Resources to support shortfall in administration

Chief Ministers Department

Ministerial Decision Report

Central Contingency Funding allocation to CMD for Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012

Purpose of Report

To enable the Chief Minister to request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources (T&R) approve a budget transfer from Central Contingency Funding to Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure of £250,000 in 2014 to support the shortfall in funding for the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law.

Background

The intention on introduction of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law, 2012, was that its administration be fully funded from fees levied against businesses applying for, or holding permissions, under the Law. This was reflected in the Medium Term Financial Plan. Following consultation, a package of fees under the Law was proposed to secure this. However, one fee line, being an annual charge on registered employees, was not supported by the States Assembly. This fee line was intended to generate £250,000 per year. As consultation and fee proposals had already been published, it was not considered appropriate, on initial introduction of the new Law, to vary other fee lines, or introduce new fee lines, to compensate for this decision. The consequence, therefore, was a shortfall in the funding for the administration of the Law. This Report and accompanying Ministerial Decision seeks to substantially address this in 2014.

This request has been approved by the Council of Minister’s in their meeting of the 11th July 2014.

Recommendation

The Chief Minister is recommended to request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources (T&R) approve a budget transfer from Central Contingency Funding to CMD revenue head of expenditure in 2014 of £250,000 to support the shortfall in funding in the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law.

Reason(s) for Decision

Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorized to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

This request is to address the shortfall in funding for the administration of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law in respect of the fee line on the annual charge on registered employees not being supported by the States Assembly.

This request has been approved by the Council of Minister’s in their meeting of the 11th July 2014.

Resource Implications

The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by £250,000 in 2014 with Central Contingency funding decreasing by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in 2014.

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