Acorn Industries: Transfer of Funds

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A decision made on 14 December 2010 regarding a transfer of funds from the Social Security Department to Jersey Property Holdings to contribute towards addiitional accommodation costs of Acorn Industries

Decision Reference: MD-S-2010-0077
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Acorn Industries 2010		Date of Decision Summary:	7 December 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director		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 :	WR - Acorn Industries SS Transfer		Date of Written Report:	7 December 2010
Written Report Author:	Finance Director		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Acorn Industries accommodation - transfer of funds from the Social Security Department cash limited expenditure to Jersey Property Holdings to contribute towards the additional accommodation costs.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to make a one-off transfer of funds from the Social Security Department cash limited expenditure to Jersey Property Holdings amounting to £300,000 from the unspent balance of funds awarded by the States in 2010 for inclusive Vocational Day Services and Employment for People with a Learning Disability and People on the Autistic Spectrum.
Reason(s) for Decision: Jersey Employment Trust's ("JET") vocational training facility in Trinity, known as Acorn Industries, is no longer fit-for-purpose. During the course of 2010 Jersey Property Holdings have made funds available to allow construction of new facilities to be built at the site. The desired scheme for the new facilities preferred by Jersey Employment Trust was unfortunately unaffordable with the budget funds available from Jersey Property Holdings. £300,000 is being made available in order that the construction and fit-out costs can be fully met. The Minister for Social Security has agreed to transfer £300,000 from funds awarded by the States in 2010 for inclusive Vocational Day Services and Employment for People with a Learning Disability and People on the Autistic Spectrum, given that the facility will meet similar objectives of that strategy in the long term by providing a modern facility for activities of JET.
Resource Implications: As above
Action required: The Minister to seek approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources in accordance with Financial Direction 3.6 – Variations to Heads of Expenditure.
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Acorn Industries - transfer of funds from Social Security to Property Holdings

Social Security Department Report for Minister
Subject:	Transfer of funds from the Social Security Department cash limited expenditure to Jersey Property Holdings
Exempt Clause:	n/a	Date:	7 December 2010
Author:	Finance Director

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to ask the Minister to agree to the transfer of funds of £300,000 in 2010 only from the Social Security Department cash limited expenditure to Jersey Property Holdings to support the Acorn Industries redevelopment works.

Background

Jersey Employment Trust's ("JET") vocational training facility in Trinity, known as Acorn Industries, is no longer fit-for-purpose. During the course of 2010 Jersey Property Holdings have made funds available to allow construction of new facilities to be built at the site. The desired scheme for the new facilities was unfortunately unaffordable with the budget funds available from Jersey Property Holdings. £300k is being made available in order that the construction and fit-out costs can be fully met.

The Minister for Social Security has agreed to transfer £300,000 from funds awarded by the States in 2010 for inclusive Vocational Day Services and Employment for People with a Learning Disability and People on the Autistic Spectrum, given that the facility will contribute to the delivery of objectives of that strategy in the long term by providing a modern facility for activities of JET.

Recommendations

It is recommended that the Minister:

(i) approves the transfer of funds of £300,000 to Jersey Property Holdings in 2010 from the unspent balance of funds awarded by the States in 2010 for inclusive Vocational Day Services and Employment for People with a Learning Disability and People on the Autistic Spectrum;

(ii) seeks the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to make this transfer in 2010 in accordance with Section 5.7 of Financial Direction 3.6, Variations to Heads of Expenditure.