Budget Transfer: Additional Passport Fee Income 2010

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A decision made on 17 November 2010 regarding the use of additional passport fee income in 2010

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2010-0075
Decision Summary Title :	Use of Additional Passport Income		Date of Decision Summary:	26 October 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director		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 Passport Income		Date of Written Report:	26 October 2010
Written Report Author:	Finance Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1 (a) (x)
Subject: Use of additional passport fee income in 2010.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of passport fee income of £100,000 received in excess of the budgeted amount in 2010 from the Home Affairs Department’s revenue budget to an existing capital head of expenditure (D0000C0100) in order to partly fund the New Generation Passport (NGP) project.
Reason(s) for Decision:  British passport fees have been subject to periodic increases which have provided funding to deliver the new generation passport project in the United Kingdom. This is consistent with this request to transfer excess passport income to the capital budget in Jersey.  If the unbudgeted income received from passport fees in 2010 were transferred to the project at the end of 2010 the need for additional capital funding in 2011 and 2012 will be considerably reduced.  No other funding source has been identified for the NGP project at this stage.
Resource Implications: The Home Affairs Department’s revenue income will increase over and above that stated in the 2010 Annual Business Plan by £100,000 and this will be transferred into the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure. There are no manpower implications associated with this decision.
Action required: The Minister to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources in accordance with Sections 5.16 (use of additional income) of Financial Direction 3.6 – Variations to Heads of Expenditure.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):