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Budget transfer to Property Holdings for urgent maintenance/upgrade works at General Hospital

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A decision made 31 May 2011:

Decision Reference:        MD-HSS-2011-0022

Decision Summary Title :

Transfer to Jersey Property Holdings for urgent upgrade and maintenance works

Date of Decision Summary:

31st May, 2011

Decision Summary Author:

 

Director of Finance HSSD

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Budget Transfer – HSSD Carry Forward Funding to Treasury and Resources (Jersey Property Holdings)

Date of Written Report:

12th May, 2011

Written Report Author:

Assistant Director, Jersey Property Holdings

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject:

Approval of the transfer of £770,000 approved carry forward from the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) to Treasury and Resources (Jersey Property Holdings) in order to carry out urgent maintenance and upgrade works at the General Hospital in advance of the capital refurbishment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) scheduled for 2012

 

Decision(s):

The Minister approved the transfer of £770,000 from HSSD revenue cash limit to Jersey Property Holdings revenue cash limit in order to deliver enabling works in advance of the main ICU improvement and refurbishment project that is included in the 2012 indicative capital programme.

 

Reason(s) for Decision:

On 6th May 2011, the Treasury and Resources Minister made a formal decision MD-TR-2011-0042 in which he approved, inter alia, the use of the carry forward budget for enabling works in advance of the main ICU improvement and refurbishment, as part of a wider programme of urgent maintenance and upgrade works. The carry forward of £770,000 was created underspends in HSSD’s 2010 budget but the works will be carried out by Jersey Property Holdings as owner of the buildings. A budget transfer from HSSD to T&R, JPH is therefore required.

Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 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 used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.

Delegation 1.3 delegates authority for non-contentious transfers between expenditure heads of up to £1,000,000 to the Treasurer of the States.

 

 

 

Resource Implications:

Reduction of HSSD revenue cash limit of £770,000 and an increase in Treasury and Resources (Jersey Property Holdings) revenue cash limit by an identical amount to undertake enabling works in advance of programme capital works to the ICU, as part of an ongoing backlog maintenance programme.

 

This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2011

 

Action required:

Ministerial Decision to be matched by Treasury and Resources Department, Jersey Property Holdings and Treasury and Resources to process the approved budget transfers.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister For Health and Social Services

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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