Strategic Reserve Fund: Funding for Independent Jersey Care Inquiry and transfers from and to the Consolidated Fund (P.76/2015): Amendment

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A decision made 4 September 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2015-0097
Decision Summary Title:	Amendment to P.76/2015 Strategic Reserve Fund: funding for Independent Jersey Care Inquiry and transfers from and to the Consolidated Fund		Date of Decision Summary:	2nd September 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	Head of Decision Support
Written Report Title:	Amendment to P.76/2015 Strategic Reserve Fund: funding for Independent Jersey Care Inquiry and transfers from and to the Consolidated Fund		Date of Written Report:	2nd September 2015
Written Report Author:	Treasurer of the States		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Amendment to P.76/2015 Strategic Reserve Fund: funding for Independent Jersey Care Inquiry and transfers from and to the Consolidated Fund, to reflect the proposed re-phasing of funding for a Redundancy Provision.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the amendment to P.76/2015 Strategic Reserve Fund: funding for Independent Jersey Care Inquiry and transfers from and to the Consolidated Fund.
Reason(s) for Decision: At the time of lodging the MTFP 2016-2019, the initial Voluntary Release Scheme had only recently closed and applications had not been assessed. It is now clear that significantly more funding than the £2 million initially set aside for redundancy funding in 2015 will be required. The current estimate for the initial scheme is £6 million including a small number of applications still to be reassessed. The revised proposal is for £4 million to be transferred from the Strategic Reserve in 2015 and £16 million in 2016. This will provide a Central Contingency Allocation for a Redundancy Provision of £6 million in 2015 and £16 million in 2016. This expenditure is urgent and cannot be funded from existing allocations in accordance with Article 9 (2) (ca) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005.
Resource Implications: The effect of approving this Amendment would be to reduce the net transfer from the Strategic Reserve Fund to the Consolidated Fund in 2017 by £10 million and increase the net transfer from the Strategic Reserve Fund to the Consolidated Fund by £4 million in 2015 and £6 million in 2016. The manpower implications of this Amendment are that as a result of the approval of 104 applications, departments would achieve an anticipated reduction of 80 FTE with a small number of applications to be reassessed.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to request the Greffier of the States to lodge the amendment ‘au Greffe’ for debate at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Senator Alan J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: