Budget Transfer: Health and Social Services to Chief Minister's Department

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A decision made on 2 December 2016:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2016-0124
Decision summary title Transfer of £1.38m from HSSD capital heads of expenditure Equipment (Minor Capital & Replacement RIS /PACS IT assets) to CMD Computer Development Vote head of expenditure for Infrastructure Support
Decision summary author	Finance Director, Corporate Group	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Capital Budget Transfer From Health and Social Services to Chief Minister’s Department For The Provision of IT Infrastructure Support
Report author or name of person giving report	Finance Director, Corporate Group	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The non-recurring budget transfer of £1,384,000 in 2016 from the Health and Social Services capital heads of expenditure (Equipment & minor capital and Replacement RIS/PACS IT assets) to the Chief Minister’s Department Computer Development capital head of expenditure for Infrastructure Support. The Chief Minister approved a non-recurring budget transfer of £1,384,000 in 2016 from the Health and Social Services capital heads of expenditure (Equipment & minor capital and Replacement RIS/PACS IT assets) to the Chief Minister’s Department Computer Development capital head of expenditure for Infrastructure Support. Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be transferred from one head of expenditure to another for any purpose not mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).
Resource implications The Chief Minister’s Department Computer Development capital head of expenditure (F0000C0009) to increase by £1,384,000 in 2016 and the Health and Social Services Equipment and minor capital head of expenditure (J00MC10005) to decrease by £715,040 and Replacement RIS/PACS IT assets capital head of expenditure (J00MF15026) to decrease by £668,690 in 2016. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 to 2019.
Action required Corporate Group Finance Director to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources for the transfer as described above.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision