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Budget Transfers - Internal: Road Safety Improvements and E-Bikes Scheme

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A decision made 27 February 2017:

Decision Reference:  MD-T-2017-0016

Decision Summary Title:

Use of additional revenue income by the Department for Infrastructure and transfer to capital head of expenditure

Date of Decision Summary:

 20 February 2017

Decision Summary Author:

Finance Manager

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Use of additional revenue income by the Department for Infrastructure and transfer to capital head of expenditure

Date of Written Report:

20 February 2017

Written Report Author:

Finance Manager

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  The increase of £1,250,000 in 2017, £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 to the Department for Infrastructure income budget and an increase of an identical amount to the Department for Infrastructure expenditure budget; followed by an internal budget transfer of £1,200,000 in 2017, £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 from the Department for Infrastructure revenue head of expenditure to the Department for Infrastructure Road Safety Improvements capital head of expenditure (Q00MF15037). The remaining £50,000 in 2017 will remain in the DfI revenue head of expenditure to be used to fund the e-bikes scheme. 

 

Decision(s):  The Minister approved the increase of £1,250,000 in 2017, £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 to the Department for Infrastructure income budget and an increase of an identical amount to the Department for Infrastructure expenditure budget; followed by an internal budget transfer of £1,200,000 in 2017, £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 from the Department for Infrastructure revenue head of expenditure to the Department for Infrastructure Road Safety Improvements capital head of expenditure (Q00MF15037). The remaining £50,000 in 2017 will remain in the DfI revenue head of expenditure to be used to fund the e-bikes scheme. 

 

Reason(s) for Decision:  The Jersey Car Parking trading operation was originally established to undertake the administration, management, financing, development and maintenance of the public parking places that are within the functions of the Minister for Infrastructure. It was also intended that the trading fund would provide funding for improvements in the Island’s traffic and transport system.

 

This allocation has been identified to fund several sustainable transport capital schemes in 2017-19. As the delivery of these schemes, and the assets once created, will be managed by the Department for Infrastructure, it is intended that the funding will be made as a capital grant from Jersey Car Parks to the Department for Infrastructure.  This will enable consistency with other schemes being delivered by the Department for Infrastructure which achieve the same objective.

 

Under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) expenditure that meets the definition of capital expenditure must be capitalised. This budget transfer is the movement in budget between capital and revenue required to align the budgeting treatment of expenditure with the accounting treatment, in order to comply with IFRS.

Article 19 (1) (a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 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

 

Article 18 (1) (c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 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 used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. Delegation 1.2 delegates authority for non-contentious transfers between heads of expenditure of up to £1,000,000 to the Treasurer of the States.

 

Resource Implications:  The JCP Sustainable Transport & Road Safety capital head of expenditure (QYCMF16039) in 2017 will decrease by £1,250,000; £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 to £nil and the JCP revenue head of expenditure will increase by £1,250,000; £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019. The DfI revenue head of expenditure will show an additional income budget of £1,250,000; £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019 and an additional expenditure budget of £1,200,000; £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019. This expenditure budget will subsequently be transferred to the DfI Road Safety Improvements capital head of expenditure (Q00MF15037), increasing it by £1,200,000 in 2017; £1,500,000 in 2018 and £1,500,000 in 2019. £50,000 will remain in the DfI revenue head of expenditure to be used to fund the e-bikes scheme during 2017.

 

Action required:  The Finance Director to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources Department for these budget transfers. 

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Infrastructure

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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