Digital Switchover Help Scheme: Windfall Income transfer from Treasury and Resources to Chief Minister's Department

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A decision made 20 May 2016:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2016-0059
Decision summary title Transfer of windfall income from the Department for Treasury and Resources to the Chief Minister’s Department
Decision summary author	Digital Economy and Media Strategy Manager	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Transfer of additional BBC income from the Treasury and Resources Department to the Financial Services, Digital, Innovation and Competition Division of the Chief Minister’s Department
Report author or name of person giving report	Digital Economy and Media Strategy Manager	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision Request to add windfall income to the Chief Minister’s Department Revenue Head of Expenditure and recognised as income in 2016. The Chief Minister requested that unanticipated additional income in relation to the Digital Switchover Help Scheme of £261,240 be added to the Chief Minister’s Department Revenue Head of Expenditure and be recognised as income for 2016. The funding would be used for the purposes detailed in the attached report. The income was not budgeted for in the Medium Term Financial Plan as it was not known how much – if any – Digital Switchover underspend would be refunded to the States of Jersey. This decision would enable the development of a Telecoms Policy and provide funding for Digital Jersey to allow it to better deliver the ambitions set out in its Business Plan by delivering projects related to financial technology (Fintech), medical technology (Medtech) and establishing Jersey as a testbed for internet connected devices (the Internet of things). Article 19(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that If, during a financial year, the Minister is satisfied that the income of a States funded body which has a revenue head of expenditure for the year is likely to exceed its estimated income taken into account in approving that head of expenditure (a) the Minister may authorize the body to withdraw from the consolidated fund during that year an amount not exceeding the likely excess of income;
Resource implications Recognition of £261,240 income in 2016 added to the approved income budget and the approved revenue expenditure for 2015.
Action required The Finance Manager to inform the Head of Decision Support that this decision has been approved
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision