Treasury and Resources Department
Ministerial Decision Report
EDD use of additional ofcom windfall income
- Purpose of Report
To enable the Minister to authorise the unanticipated income of £237,307 from Ofcom to be added to the Economic Development Department’s (EDD) approved revenue expenditure and recognised as income for 2015.
2. Background
EDD will receive £537,307 funding from Ofcom in respect of Wireless Telegraphy Licence fees for 2015.
Income of approximately £300,000 was expected from Wireless Telegraphy Licence Fees each year (although the exact sum was not certain) and this was included in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2013-2015.
Fees are collected by Ofcom on behalf of the States of Jersey, under authority of various pieces of legislation, most notably the Communications (Jersey) Order 2003, SI 2003/3197, articles 6, 7, Schedule 2, paragraph 91 (as amended by SI 2006/3324, article 4(2), Schedule 2, Pt 2) and SI 2003/3197, articles 1(3)–(5), 2.
3. Proposed use of the funding by EDD
The Department will not use the funding in 2015. However, additional grant funding will be required for Digital Jersey Limited in 2016 and a carry forward of this amount will be requested. The transfer of functions (P.46/2015) will require that the Chief Minister’s Department make the additional request for funding from the carry forward allocations for 2016.
4. Reasons for Decision
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; or
(b) the Minister may, either within or after the end of the financial year, with the agreement of the person responsible for the States funded body, transfer all or part of the excess income to contingency expenditure.
5. Resource implications
The Economic Development Department revenue head of expenditure will show an additional income budget of £237,307 and an additional expenditure budget of £237,307.
Report author : Senior Management Accountant, Economic Development Department | Document date : 29th December 2015 |
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