Budget Transfer: Settlement of Housing pre-1987 Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme Debt

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A decision made on 26 June 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2014-0056
Decision Summary Title:	Budget transfer between Housing’s heads of expenditure to settle pre1987 PECRS debt		Date of Decision Summary:	17 June 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Budget transfer between Housing’s heads of expenditure to settle pre1987 PECRS debt		Date of Written Report:	17 June 2014
Written Report Author:	Treasurer of the States		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Budget transfer between Housing’s heads of expenditure to enable the department to settle the pre1987 Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme’s (PECRS) debt.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the budget transfer of £1,908,619 from the Housing capital rolling vote to the Housing revenue head of expenditure in order to settle the Pre1987 PECRS debt.
Reason(s) for Decision: 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 used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: The Housing capital rolling vote to decrease by £1,908,619 and the Housing revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount in 2014. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 to 2015.
Action required: Business Manager to notify the Financial Performance Reporting Manager and the Finance Manager at Housing that this decision has been approved
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: