Reserve Funding: Allocation

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A decision made 14 December 2023:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2023-852		Public
Subject: Allocation of Reserve funding from Centrally Held Items, Additional Income and Growth repurposing in 2023
Report Title: Allocation of Reserve funding from Centrally Held Items, Additional Income and Growth repurposing in 2023		Public
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve an allocation of up to £2,027,000 from the Reserve for Central Risk and Inflation; the use of additional income up to £1,350,000 by the Justice and Home Affairs and Infrastructure and Environment Departments' heads of expenditure and the repurposing of up to £4,213,000 by various heads of expenditure of 2023 growth, as detailed in the accompanying report.
Reason for Decision(s): Article 15(3) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that the approval by the States of a Government Plan authorises the Minister to direct how an approved appropriation for a reserve head of expenditure in the plan may be spent (including on another head of expenditure) in the first financial year covered by the plan. The current Policy for Allocations from the Reserve, presented to the States Assembly as R.76/2022, sets out the requirements for allocations from the General Reserve. These requirements have been met and the Treasurer of the States now recommends these allocations to the Minister for Treasury and Resources for approval, as set out in the Written Report.
Resource Implications: The following Heads of Expenditure will decrease: • the Reserve for Centrally Held Items: Markets Smoothing Reserve by up to £60,000 and • the Reserve for Centrally Held Items: Court and Cases Costs Smoothing Reserve by up to £1,967,000. The following Heads of Expenditure will increase by the stated amounts: • the Infrastructure Head of Expenditure will increase by up to £60,000 in 2023, • the Law Officers’ Department will increase by up to £1,556,000 in 2023, • the Bailiff’s Chambers will increase by up to £166,000 in 2023: and • the States of Jersey Police will increase by up to £245,000 in 2023. The following Heads of Expenditure will increase their income and expenditure by the stated amounts: • Justice and Home Affairs will increase by up to £400,000; and • Infrastructure will increase by up to £950,000. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Government Plan 2023-26.
Action Required: The Minister’s Private Secretary to advise the Specialist – Business Cases and the Heads of Finance Business Partnering for associated Heads of Expenditure that this decision is approved.
Signature:	Signed By: Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:	Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):