Ofcom additional income added to Economic Development Department's 2015 budget

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A decision made 23 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2015-0112
Decision Summary Title:	Additional Ofcom Income		Date of Decision Summary:	17th December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Additional Ofcom Income		Date of Written Report:	17th December 2015
Written Report Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Request to add additional Ofcom to the Department’s approved revenue expenditure and recognised as income for 2015 income in Economic Development (EDD)
Officer recommendation: The Minister is recommended to request that unanticipated income of £237,307 from Ofcom to be added to the Department’s approved revenue expenditure and recognised as income for 2015.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to request that unanticipated additional Ofcom income of £237,307 from Ofcom to be added to the Department’s approved revenue expenditure and recognised as income for 2015.
Reason(s) for Decision: Under Article 19(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 the Minister for Treasury and Resources can authorise a States funded body to withdraw from the consolidated fund during a year an amount not exceeding the likely excess of income over the amount approved in that year’s revenue allocation. Article 18(3A) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states the Minister may approve the withdrawal from the consolidated fund, after the end of the relevant financial year, of all or part of the amount appropriated by a revenue head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: Recognition of £237,307 income in 2015 added to the approved income budget and the approved revenue expenditure for 2015.
Action required: EDD Senior Management Accountant to inform the Head of Decision Support that this decision has been approved.
Signature: Senator L J Farnham		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: