Budget Transfer: Digital Care Strategy

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A decision made 15 December 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2017-0081
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer funding from revenue to capital head of expenditure for Digital Care Strategy		Date of Decision Summary:	21st November 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Planning Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Transfer funding from revenue to capital head of expenditure for Digital Care Strategy		Date of Written Report:	21st November 2017
Written Report Author:	Planning Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: One-off budget transfers of £1,615,000 in 2017 and up to £1,450,000 in 2018 from Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to a new capital head of expenditure for Digital Care Strategy.
Officer recommendation: The Minister is recommended to approve the transfer of £1,615,000 in 2017 and up to £1,450,000 in 2018 from Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to a new capital head of expenditure (J00MF18015). This is being funded from P82-2012 programme of work which was approved in the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition (2017 to 2019) and Budget 2018.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to request the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the transfer of £1,615,000 in 2017 and up to £1,450,000 in 2018 from Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to a new capital head of expenditure for Digital Care Strategy.
Reason(s) for Decision: Accounting regulations require the capitalisation of some of the Digital Care Strategy costs (e.g. software licences, software development and testing), hence the need to establish a new capital head of expenditure (J00MF18015) and transfer budget between revenue and capital heads of expenditure. The funding for the Digital Care Strategy forms part of the P82-2012 programme of work identified in the Medium Term Financial Plan for 2016 to 2019 with the 2017 and 2018 allocations approved as part of the Central Growth Provision allocation in the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition 2017 – 2019 and Budget 2018. Article 18(1) (a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be transferred from a revenue head of expenditure to a capital head of expenditure, or vice versa, in order to comply with accounting standards issued for the purposes of Article 32(2).
Resource Implications: The Health and Social Services revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £1,615,000 in 2017 and up to £1,450,000 in 2018 and Health and Social Services capital head of expenditure (J00MF18015) to increase by the same amount.
Action required: Director of Finance to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the transfer as described above.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: