Budget Transfer: Asbestos Waste Disposal

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A decision made 11 May 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2015-0054
Decision Summary Title:	Budget transfer from the TTS Revenue to the TTS Capital Head of Expenditure for Asbestos Reception Cell Works		Date of Decision Summary:	21 April 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Budget transfer from the TTS Revenue to the TTS Capital Head of Expenditure for Asbestos Reception Cell Works		Date of Written Report:	21 April 2015
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Approval for budget transfer of £200,000 from the TTS revenue head of expenditure to the TTS capital head of expenditure for Asbestos Waste Disposal.
Decision(s): The Minister approved budget transfer of £200,000 from the TTS revenue head of expenditure to the TTS capital head of expenditure for Asbestos Waste Disposal.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1)(a) 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 transferred from a revenue head of expenditure to a capital head of expenditure, or vice versa, in order to comply with accounting standards issued for the purposes of Article 32(2). Section 5.2 of Financial Direction 3.6, Variations to Heads of Expenditure, states that approval of non-contentious transfers between heads of expenditure up to £1,000,000 is delegated to the Treasurer of the States.
Resource Implications: The available balance of the TTS revenue head of expenditure will be reduced by £200,000 and the TTS capital head of expenditure for Asbestos Waste Disposal will be increased by £200,000.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify Financial Performance Reporting Manager and Finance Director for transport and Technical Services, that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget Transfer: Asbestos Waste Disposal

Treasury and Resources Department

Treasury Minister’s Report

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN REVENUE AND CAPITAL HEADS OF

EXPENDITURE FOR ASBESTOS RECEPTION INFRASTRUCTURE

WORKS

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to approve an internal budget transfer of up to £200,000 from the Transport and Technical Services (TTS) revenue head of expenditure to the Asbestos Waste Disposal capital head of expenditure (Q00MD11091).

Background

The original allocation of capital funding for a new asbestos waste transfer station and associated works was based on an estimate in 2011. Since this date firm design solutions and costs have been established. These take into account inflation and other factors including the deterioration of the proposed asbestos cell.

Under MD-TR-2015-0045 the Treasury and Resources Minister approved departmental carry forwards, including the sum of £1,180,640 relating to disposal of asbestos waste. In order for TTS to construct the new asbestos reception and transfer station some funding needs to be allocated to capital. The asbestos disposal carry forward into 2015 originally came from the same funding source as this capital head of expenditure in 2011.

Recommendation

That the Minister approves the budget transfer of up to £200,000 from the TTS revenue head of expenditure to the TTS Asbestos Waste Disposal capital head of expenditure (Q00MD11091) to enable TTS to achieve the urgent asbestos reception infrastructure works.

Reason for Decision

Under Financial Direction 3.6 and the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required for any variations to heads of expenditure. Authority to approve non-contentious budget transfers under £1,000,000 has been delegated to the Treasurer of the States.

Resource Implications

The TTS revenue head of expenditure will decrease by up to £200,000 throughout 2015 and the TTS capital head of expenditure will increase by the identical amount.