Prison Re-development Capital Project: Budget Alignment

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A decision made 29 September 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2011-0056
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Capital Budget		Date of Decision Summary:	15 September 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Capital Budget Transfer from Jersey Property Holdings		Date of Written Report:	15 September 2011
Written Report Author:	Finance Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Alignment of budgets in respect of the Prison Redevelopment capital project.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to accept a net capital budget transfer of £170,887 from Jersey Property Holdings (JPH).
Reason(s) for Decision: In March 2010 the budget and expenditure in respect of the Prison Redevelopment Phase 2 was transferred to JPH as it forms part of the Prison Masterplan which is being managed by JPH. Part of the transfer included expenditure on the Prison fixed asset which was subsequently funded from a different budget. This resulted in a larger amount of budget being transferred to fixed assets than the expenditure on the project. It is now necessary to realign the budgets between Home Affairs and JPH.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower resource implications other than those noted in the report.
Action required: The approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to be sought in accordance with Financial Direction 3.7. (Treasurer’s Delegation).
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):