Historic Child Abuse Enquiry: Transfer of funds to various departments

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A decision made (23/11/2009) regarding: Historic Child Abuse Enquiry: Transfer of funds to various departments.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0186
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Approved HCAE Funds to States Departments Which Incurred Expenditure to 30 September 2009		Date of Decision Summary:	13 November 2009
Decision Summary Author:	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:	Transfer of Historical Child Abuse Enquiry Funds to Law Officers, Health & Social Services, Home Affairs and Property Holdings Departments for Actual Expenditure to 30 September 2009		Date of Written Report:	13 November 2009
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of £3,465,204 from the Treasury and Resources Department to Law Officers’, Health and Social Services, Home Affairs and Property Holdings departments for actual HCAE expenditure incurred between 1 January and 30 September 2009.
Decision(s): The Minister for Treasury and Resources approved the transfer of HCAE expenditure incurred to the following departments:- Expenditure to 30/09/2009 £ Law Officers' Department 950,438 Home Affairs 2,120,200 Health and Social Services 369,300 Property Holdings 25,266 Total 3,465,204
Reason(s) for Decision: To transfer funds in accordance with the approval of P.83/2009 (approved by the States in July 2009) which requested an additional £4.25 million for the Enquiry under Article 11(8) of the Public Finance (Jersey) Law 2005. These funds are held centrally by the Treasury and only transferred to departments on evidence of actual expenditure. This decision reallocates those funds already approved by the States to the 4 departments listed above.
Resource Implications: There are no financial or manpower resource implications other than those noted in the report.
Action required: Finance Manager, Decision Support to action the budget transfers and to inform the relevant departments of the transfers.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: