Urban Renewal Transfer between Capital Heads of Expenditure

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A decision made (30.07.07) to approve the Urban Renewal Transfer between Capital Heads of Expenditure.

Subject:	Urban Renewal Transfer between Capital Heads of Expenditure.
Decision Reference:	MD-PE-2007-0203	Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written	Person Giving Report (if oral):		N/A
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	N/A	Report File ref:
Written Report Title:	Urban Renewal Transfer between Capital Heads of Expenditure.	Written report – Author:		Honey Whiteman, Senior Management Accountant
Decision(s): The Minister approved: · the transfer of £0.126 million capital vote C0949 – Urban Renewal Programme to capital vote C0971, which be renamed Urban Renewal Programme.
Reason(s) for decision: To enable the Treasury and Resources Minister to approve the capital virements so that the Department for Planning and Environment can more efficiently manage and report on the capital head of expenditure for the Urban Renewal Programme.
Action required: The Finance Director: · to request the Minister for the Treasury and Resources Department to approve the capital transfer referred to in this report.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: 30.07.07

Urban Renewal Transfer between Capital Heads of Expenditure

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

URBAN RENEWAL TRANSFER BETWEEN CAPITAL HEADS OF EXPENDITURE

Purpose of the Report

The purpose of this report is to seek the Minister for Planning and Environment’s approval to transfer funds between existing capital heads of expenditure and request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to this transfer.

Background

To date the Urban Renewal Programme has been voted a total of £3.775 million which has covered a range of Urban Renewal Projects. During 2006 £0.200 million was voted to a capital head of expenditure for Urban Renewal; however the budget was transferred to a new capital vote C0971 – Urban Renewal 2006. The previous budget of £3.575 million was transferred to capital vote C0949 – Urban Renewal Programme.

Approval to transfer allocated capital budgets ('Heads of Expenditure') lies with the Minister for Treasury and Resources not the States as a whole (see extract from Financial Direction 3.6 below):

Transfers between capital heads of expenditure

· Approval of non-contentious transfers of up to £100,000 is delegated to the Treasurer of the States, or in his absence another person nominated by the Treasurer of the States.

· All other transfers between existing capital heads of expenditure require the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

· Transfers to new capital heads of expenditure require the approval of the Council of Ministers and the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Discussion

To assist with the management and reporting of the Urban Renewal Programme we would like to request that the unspent budget of £0.126 million be transferred from capital vote C0949 – Urban Renewal Programme to capital vote C0971, which be renamed Urban Renewal Programme.

Recommendation

It is recommend that the Minister for Planning and Environment approve the transfer of funds between existing capital heads of expenditure, as highlighted below, and request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to the transfer.

Capital Vote	Existing Allocation £’million	Revised Allocation £’million
C0949 – Urban Renewal Programme	£3.568	£3.442
C0971 – Urban Renewal 2006 (to be renamed Urban Renewal Programme)	£0.207	£0.333
Total	£3.775	£3.775

Reason (s) for Decision

To enable the Treasury and Resources Minister to approve the capital virements so that the Department for Planning and Environment can more efficiently manage and report on the capital head of expenditure for the Urban Renewal Programme.

Action Required

The Finance Director:

· to request the Minister for the Treasury and Resources Department to approve the capital transfer as referred to in this report.

Written by:	Honey Whiteman, Senior Management Accountant
Approved by:	Ellen Littlechild, Finance Director
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