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A decision made (07/09/2009) regarding: Jubilee Wharf - Budget Transfers between Departments.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2009-0148
Decision Summary Title	Proposal for Transfer of Budgets for Jubilee Wharf		Date of Decision Summary:	24 August 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Accountant Financial Planning		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Transfer between Revenue Heads of Expenditure		Date of Written Report:	24 August 2009
Written Report Author:	Assistant Accountant Financial Planning		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer of budgets to the Economic Development Department and Chief Minister’s Department from the Housing Department for occupation costs of Jubilee Wharf.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of funds from the Housing Department as follows: £147,000 to the Economic Development Department and £47,900 to the Chief Minister’s Department and reduction of the Housing Cash limit by £194,900 (MD-H-2009-0072, MD-E-2009-0118, Delegated Decision by Mr W. Ogley)
Reason(s) for Decision: To ensure compliance with Financial Direction 3.6 and to ensure that the cash limits of Housing, Economic Development and Chief Minister are accurate due to Jubilee Wharf now being occupied by 3 departments. In pursuit of proper accountability each Department will be responsible for its own costs in relation to occupation of the premises.
Resource Implications: Housing cash limit to decrease by £194,900 and Economic Development and Chief Minister Department cash limit to increase by £147,000 and £47,900 respectively in 2009. This transfer has now been included in the 2010 Draft Annual Business Plan.
Action required: Treasury to advise Finance Directors of each Department of Minister’s approval.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Jubilee Wharf - Budget Transfers between Departments.

TREASURY AND RESOURCES MINISTER

TRANSFER BETWEEN REVENUE HEADS OF EXPENDITURE

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the transfer of the budget for Jubilee Wharf to Chief Minister’s and Economic Development Department from the Housing Departments in 2009.

Background

Financial direction 3.6 requires certain budget transfers to be approved by the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Comments

Requests have been made for the transfer between Housing and both the Chief Minister’s and Economic Development to ensure that the cash limits for all three departments are accurate and that the costs of Jubilee Wharf are properly apportioned across the user Departments thus facilitating proper accountability.

In all cases approvals of transfers have been obtained, see attached (MD-H-2009-0072 and MD-E-2009-0118 and Delegated Decision by Mr W. Ogley. This transfer has been included in the Draft Annual Business Plan 2010 to ensure a permanent transfer.

Recommendation

That the Minister approves the transfers as detailed on the decision template.

Reason for Decision

The Minister approved the transfer of funds from the Housing Department as follows: £147,000 to the Economic Development Department and £47,900 to the Chief Minister’s Department and reduction of the Housing Cash limit by £194,900.

States Treasury Corporate Financial Strategy Division

24 August 2009