2008 Year End Carry Forwards.

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A decision made (23/04/2009) regarding: 2008 Year End Carry Forwards.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0061
Decision Summary Title:	2008 Year End Carry Forwards		Date of Decision Summary:	23rd April 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Kevin Hemmings – Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	2008 Year End Carry Forwards		Date of Written Report:	23rd April 2009
Written Report Author:	Kevin Hemmings – Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: 2008 Year End Carry Forwards
Decision(s): The Minister decided to rescind decision MD-TR-2009-0040 due to a late amendment to carry forward proposals. The Minister approved the transfer of the £5,448,880 available underspend from 2008 to the following departments as per the accompanying report.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister was notified of a late amendment to carry forward requests from departments. Under Article 15(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 the Minister for Treasury and Resources can permit all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure to (a) be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure; or (b) in the case of revenue expenditure, be withdrawn from the consolidated fund after the end of the relevant financial year.
Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower Implications.
Action required: Treasury Officers to inform departments of the decision and action the associated transfers of funds.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed: 23rd April 2009		Date of Decision: 23rd April 2009

2008 Year End Carry Forwards.

MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES

2008 YEAR END CARRY FORWARDS

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to make approvals under Article 15(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005.

Summary

The total underspend for the States in 2008 amounted to £5,448,880. The year end position and the proposed carry forwards were considered by the Council of Ministers at its meetings of 5 March and 19 March 2009 and by the Corporate Management Board at its meeting of 12 March 2009. The Minister for Treasury and Resources has considered their views and has, in summary, agreed to:

Allow certain departments to carry forward, in part or in full, amounts requested;
Transfer some underspent funds to departments with significant 2009 funding pressures;
Transfer £1,288 from the States Assembly head of expenditure to the Dean of Jersey head of expenditure in 2008

Year End Position

The table in Appendix A shows:

The year end variance (i.e. under or overspend) for each States Funded Body
The carry forward of underspends requested by each States Funded Body
The Minister’s decision on allocation of the available underspends to each States Funded Body

Significant funding pressures in 2009 were identified by the following departments:

Chief Minister’s
Economic Development
Treasury and Resources

These have therefore received reallocations in excess of their relevant departmental underspend for 2008. Details of the purposes for which funding has been allocated are attached at Appendix B.

Recommendation

That the Minister:

approves the transfer of £1,288 from the States Assembly head of expenditure to the Dean of Jersey head of expenditure in 2008
approves the carry forward of expenditure approvals totalling £5,488,880 as detailed in Appendix A.
authorises the Head of Decision Support to inform departments of the Minister’s decision and action the associated transfers of funds.

Reason for Decision

Under Article 15(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 the Minister for Treasury and Resources can permit all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure to

(a) be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure; or

(b) in the case of revenue expenditure, be withdrawn from the consolidated fund after the end of the relevant financial year.

States Treasury Kevin Hemmings, Head of Decision Support

23 April, 2009 for decision 17 th April 2009

Appendix A

Department	Provisional 2008 Underspend	2008 Transfer	Final 2008 Underspend	Minister's allocation

	£	£	£	£

Chief Minister's	40,000		40,000	1,020,000
Economic Development	335,626		335,626	852,318
Education, Sport and Culture	2,681,287		2,681,287	1,725,446
Health and Social Services	22,495		22,495	22,495
Home Affairs	2,560		2,560	2,560
Housing	123,735		123,735	0
Planning and Environment	14,934		14,934	0
Social Security	873,101		873,101	340,000
States Assembly	389,901	(1,288)	388,613	0
Transport and Technical Services	208,180		208,180	208,180
Treasury and Resources	160,892		160,892	928,764
Overseas Aid	24,959		24,959	24,959
Bailiff's Chambers	10,117		10,117	10,117
Law Officers	165,465		165,465	52,721
Judicial Greffe	36,350		36,350	36,350
Viscount's Department	32,871		32,871	13,934
Official Analyst	31,897		31,897	0
Office of the Lieutenant Governor	16,599		16,599	7,266
Dean of Jersey	(1,288)	1,288	0	0
Data Protection Commission	19,786		19,786	19,786
Probation	8,984		8,984	8,984
Comptroller and Auditor General	250,429		250,429	175,000

Total	5,448,880	0	5,448,880	5,448,880

Appendix B

Purposes for sums allocated by the Minister

Department	Item Description	Allocated Funding
		£

CMD	Statistics unit - Household Expenditure survey	40,000
CMD	PECRS pre-1987 debt	180,000
CMD	Hosting British-Irish Council	250,000
CMD	Review of unelected Members	150,000
CMD	Protection of Jersey’s Finance sector	400,000
CMD		1,020,000
EDD	Fuel Farm Maintenance	255,000
EDD	Compensation claim up to	597,318*
EDD		852,318
ESC	Primary Schools and Pre-School	215,854
ESC	Secondary Schools	126,792
ESC	Special Education and other Schools	38,799
ESC	Highlands College	-96,000
ESC	Fee-Paying Schools	590,001
ESC	Skateboard Park	50,000
ESC	Jersey Arts Centre boiler replacement	150,000
ESC	Jersey Heritage Trust	200,000
ESC	Skills agenda	200,000
ESC	Contingency Fund	250,000
ESC		1,725,446
H&SS	Fund continuing pressures	22,495
Home Affairs	known budgetary pressures in 2009	2,560
Social Security	Payment of statutory notice periods and legal costs	200,000
Social Security	Ex-Woolworths staff - payments	140,000
Social Security		340,000
TTS	Community Safety Grants Fund	200,000
TTS	Shipping hazardous waste to the UK for disposal	8,180
TTS		208,180
T&R	Fiscal Policy Panel	60,000
T&R	Property Holdings Compliance work and Utilities Review	868,764*
T&R		928,764
Overseas Aid	Automatic carry forward	24,959
Bailiff's Chambers	Royal Court fittings	10,117
Law Officers	Reorganisation costs	52,721
Judicial Greffe	Replacing old hardware	36,350
Viscount’s	Court bespoke software upgrade	13,934
Lt. Governor	Various	7,266
Data Protection	Compliance project	19,786
Probation	Photocopier and staff costs	8,984
C&AG	GAAP review and other projects	175,000

	Totals	5,448,880

* If the amount of the compensation claim is below £597,318 the allocation to EDD will be reduced and the allocation to T&R increased by the amount of the reduction.