Budget transfer from Social Security to Home Affairs relating to court and case costs 2009

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A decision made 15 February 2010 regarding: Budget transfer from Social Security to Home Affairs relating to court and case costs 2009.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0015
Decision Summary Title :	Budget transfer to address 2009 overspend		Date of Decision Summary:	05 February 2010
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 to address 2009 overspend		Date of Written Report:	05 February 2010
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Budget transfer to address 2009 overspend
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of funds of £1,278,552 from the Social Security Department to the Home Affairs Department in 2009 in order to fund court and case costs and police investigations in the Home Affairs Department, as previously agreed by the Council of Ministers.
Reason(s) for Decision: Under Article 15(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 and financial direction 3.6 the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required to approve any budget transfers between heads of expenditure.
Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower implications.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the accounting officers of the Social Security and Home Affairs departments of the approval of this budget transfer. Head of Financial Planning to action the required transfer.
Signature:		Position: Deputy E. J. Noel, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget transfer from Social Security to Home Affairs relating to court and case costs 2009

TREASURY & Resources ITEM NO:

TREASURY AND RESOURCES MINISTER

Budget transfer to address 2009 overspend

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve a budget transfer to fund expenditure on Court and Case Costs and Wiltshire Police investigations within the Home Affairs Department as agreed by the Council of Ministers when considering the third quarter’s financial report.

Background

In 2009 the Home Affairs Department exceeded its budget for Court and Case Costs, Operation Blast and the Wiltshire Police investigation by £1,590,188.

This forecast overspend was reported to the Council of Ministers in 2009 as part of the Quarterly Financial Reporting process although the actual overspend exceeds that last forecast in the September report by c£240,000 (from £1,352,567). Other Home Affairs budgets have underspent by £312,000.

The Council of Ministers agreed that all underspends within the Department would initially be used to meet costs within the department. This results in a projected net overspend for the Home Affairs Department of £1,278,552. The Council of Ministers further agreed that forecast underspends in other departments would be reallocated to meet these costs.

It should be noted that the funding of other Court and Case costs expenditure in non-Ministerial departments will be dealt with by transfers between non Ministerial departments separately.

Recommendation

The Minister approved the transfer of funds of £1,278,552 from the Social Security Department to the Home Affairs Department in 2009 in order to address the Home Affairs Department’s overspend of £1,278,552 in 2009 as previously agreed by the Council of Ministers.

Reason for Decision

To enable the Minister to transfer budgets in accordance with Article 15(1) of the Finance Law to ensure that the Home Affairs Department accounting officer satisfies his requirements under Article 38(2)(a) of the Finance Law.

States Treasury Corporate Financial Strategy Division

05 February 2010