Budget Transfer: Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for OneGov Offices Project

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A decision made on 12 April 2019:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2019-0039
Decision Summary Title:	Allocation from Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for OneGov Offices project		Date of Decision Summary:	11th April 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Financial Performance Reporting Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Allocation from Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for OneGov Offices project		Date of Written Report:	11th April 2019
Written Report Author:	Financial Performance Reporting Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The allocation of up to £405,350 in 2019 from the Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for the pre-feasibility for the OneGov Offices project as detailed in the attached report.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of up to £405,350 in 2019 from the Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for the pre-feasibility for the OneGov Offices project as detailed in the attached report.
Reason(s) for Decision: In accordance with States of Jersey policy and the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, funding for work to scope or access the feasibility of proposed capital projects that the States have agreed, in principle, will start in the future must be allocated from the Central Planning Vote. Article 16(3A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that the approval by the States of a central planning vote authorizes the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve – (a) capital heads of expenditure to fund work to scope or assess the feasibility of proposed capital projects that the States have agreed, in principle, will start in the future; and (b) the transfer of amounts to such capital heads of expenditure, for such purposes, from the central planning vote.
Resource Implications: Growth, Housing and Environment to increase by a total of up to £405,350 in 2019 and the Central Planning Vote to decrease by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 to 2019.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director of Growth, Housing and Environment that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Susie Pinel Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget Transfer: Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for OneGov Offices Project

Treasury and Exchequer

Ministerial Decision Report

Allocation from Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment for OneGov Offices project

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to approve the allocation of up to £405,350 in 2019 from the Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment to fund the pre-feasibility for the OneGov Offices project.

Background

“One island, one community, one government and one future” is the key concept underpinning the One Government initiative and the future vision for Jersey. To deliver this, the Government of Jersey is currently undertaking a number of programmes – a finance transformation programme, an efficiency programme and the development of a detailed estates strategy.

A critical part of the estates strategy is the consideration of the office solution that will be needed to support the One Government initiative. To fully investigate the options available to the Government of Jersey in relation to its office solution, a detailed Outline Business Case (“OBC”) will be developed in line with the HMT Five Case Model. As the scheme develops over the course of 2019, a Full Business Case (“FBC”) will then be produced based on further design and site identification work.

This request is therefore requesting funding to cover the development of the OBC and the FBC in 2019.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to approve the allocation of up to £405,350 in 2019 from the Central Planning Vote to Growth, Housing and Environment to fund the pre-feasibility for the OneGov Offices project.

Reasons for Decision

In accordance with States of Jersey policy and the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, funding for work to scope or access the feasibility of proposed capital projects that the States have agreed, in principle, will start in the future must be allocated from the Central Planning Vote.

Article 16(3A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 2005 states that the approval by the States of a central planning vote authorizes the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve –

(a) capital heads of expenditure to fund work to scope or assess the feasibility of proposed capital projects that the States have agreed, in principle, will start in the future; and

(b) the transfer of amounts to such capital heads of expenditure, for such purposes, from the central planning vote.

5. Resource Implications

Growth, Housing and Environment to increase by a total of up to £405,350 in 2019 and the Central Planning Vote to decrease by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure that would be approved by the States for the school refurbishment and, following approval by the States of capital funding, the amount received for the pre-feasibility study will be transferred back to the CPV in the year in which capital funds are allocated. If, however, the States should decide not to approve the capital project, then it would be the responsibility of the Growth, Housing and Environment Department to repay the CPV from alternative sources of funding. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 to 2019.

Report author : Financial Performance Reporting Manager	Document date : 11th April 2019
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