Budget Transfer from Central Planning Vote to Education, Sport and Culture: Public consultation on possible sites for replacement school at Les Quennevais

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A decision made 14 September 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2015-0096
Decision Summary Title :	Allocation of funds from Central Planning Vote to Education, Sport and Culture to fund a public consultation on possible sites for a replacement school at Les Quennevais.		Date of Decision Summary:	11 September 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Capital Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Allocation of funds from Central Planning Vote to the Education, Sport and Culture to fund a public consultation on possible sites for a replacement school at Les Quennevais.		Date of Written Report:	11 September 2015
Written Report Author:	Capital Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: A non-recurring budget transfer in 2015 of £25,000 from the Central Planning Vote to the Education, Sport and Culture Department (ESC) Revenue head of expenditure in order to fund a public consultation on possible sites for a replacement school at Les Quennevais.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the non-recurring budget transfer in 2015 of £25,000 from the Central Planning Vote to the Education, Sport and Culture Department (ESC) Revenue head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1) (c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. This allocation has been agreed by the CMB capital sub-group via e-mail.
Resource Implications: The balance of the Central Planning Vote to decrease by £25,000 and the ESC Revenue head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount in 2015. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure that is requested for approval by the States in the MTFP 2016-2019 for the Les Quennevais capital project. Upon approval by the States of capital funding the amount received will be transferred back to the Central Planning Vote.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the Capital Accountant (Treasury and Resources) and the Assistant Director, Policy and Strategy for ESC that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):