Budget Transfer: Purchase of school minibus

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A decision made on 3 May 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2012-0012
Decision Summary Title:	Revenue to Capital Budget transfer for School minibus		Date of Decision Summary:	20 April 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager Paul O’Reilly		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Revenue to Capital Transfer – Mont a L’Abbe minibus		Date of Written Report:	20 April 2012
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager Paul O’Reilly		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: For the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture to authorise a 2012 budget transfer from revenue to capital in order to meet GAAP requirements for the purchase of a vehicle to enable the school to get children to and from school
Decision(s): The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture approved the transfer of Revenue funds amounting to £58,142 to Capital.
Reason(s) for Decision: The funds for the purchase of the school minibus which are currently included in revenue budgets are required to be transferred to capital to comply with GAAP requirements
Resource Implications: There are no other financial or manpower resource implications.
Action required: For officers of the Department to request the approval of the Treasurer of the States to the transfer in accordance with Financial Direction 3.6
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget Transfer: Purchase of school minibus

Education, sport & culture MINISTER

revenue TO CAPITAL transfer

Purpose of Report

For the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture to approve the following revenue to capital transfer in order to comply with GAAP requirements:-

£58,142, representing the money required to finance the purchase of a vehicle to act as a school wide resource for the transportation of students.

Background

This purchase is to replace an aging bus J44412, which was leased from TTS and has come to the end of its lease agreement. The total cost of £58,142 includes the cost of the vehicle and the signage and VRD and needs to be transferred from a revenue account. There are no other manpower or cost implications, both staffing and maintenance costs have been identified from the current resources allocated to the school.

Under Financial Direction 3.6 para 5.7, the approval of the Treasurer of the States is required for transfers up to £100,000.

Recommendation

That the Minister for Education, Sport & Culture approves the transfer of £58,142 from revenue to capital to fund the purchase of the Mont a L’Abbe minibus.