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Budget transfer from Home Affairs to Consolidated Fund

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A decision made 19 June 2015:

Decision Reference:  MD-HA-2015-0044

 

Decision Summary Title:

Return of Capital Budgets to manage the Consolidated Fund in 2015

Date of Decision Summary:

16 June 2015

Decision Summary Author:

Finance Director

Home Affairs

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Return of previously approved Capital Budgets to manage the Consolidated Fund in 2015

Date of Written Report:

16 June 2015

Written Report Author:

Finance Director

Home Affairs

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

 

Subject:  Approval of the return of previously approved Capital Budgets from Home Affairs Capital Heads of Expenditure to the Consolidated Fund in 2015.

 

Decision(s): The Minister approved the return of £273,920 from Home Affairs Capital Heads of Expenditure, as identified in the accompanying report, to the Consolidated Fund in 2015.

 

Reason(s) for decision: To remove capital budgets from the Home Affairs Department in order to balance the Consolidated Fund in 2015.

 

Resource Implications:  The budget for Capital Programmes in the Home Affairs Department will decrease by £273,920 in 2015 and the balance of the Consolidated Fund will increase by the same amount.

 

Action required: Home Affairs Finance Director to notify Head of Decision Support, Treasury and Resources Department, that this decision has been signed.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Home Affairs

 

Date Signed:

Date of Decision(If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Budget transfer from Home Affairs to Consolidated Fund

 

 

 

 

Home Affairs Department

Report for Minister

 

Subject: Return of Previously Approved Capital Budgets to Manage the Consolidated Fund Balance in 2015

 

Exempt Category: n/a        Date:  16 June 2015

  

Author: Finance Director

 

Introduction

 

The purpose of this report is to ask the Minister to approve the return of £273,920 from various Capital Heads of Expenditure to the Consolidated Fund.

 

Background

 

As part of the measures to balance the Consolidated Fund in 2015 unspent capital allocations have been reviewed by the Accounting Officer and Service Heads.   

 

In order to balance the Consolidated Fund in 2015 capital budgets are being returned from a number of Departments. The Home Affairs Department is returning £273,920 as follows:

 

Head of Expenditure

Capital Project

Reason

 

Amount to Be Returned in 2015

DH0MC10006

Minor Capital

Reprioritisation

£170,178

DH0MC10006

Minor Capital

Underspend

£3,742

DH0BP10014

TETRA Radio Replacement

Underspend

£100,000

 

 

Total

£273,920

 

Recommendation

 

It is recommended that the Minister approves the transfer of £273,920 from Home Affairs Capital Heads of Expenditure to the Consolidated Fund in 2015.

 

Reason for Decision

To remove capital budgets from the Home Affairs Departments in order to balance the Consolidated Fund in 2015.

 

Resource Implications

Home Affairs Capital Heads of Expenditure will decrease in 2015 and the Consolidated Fund will increase by the same amount as identified in the above table.

 

 

 

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