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Year End Carry Forwards: 2010 - Fiscal Stimulus and P.64/2010 Article 11(8)

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A decision made on 19 April 2011:

Decision Reference:  MD-TR-2011-0040

Decision Summary Title:

Fiscal Stimulus and P64/2010 Article 11(8) 2010 Year End carry forwards

Date of Decision Summary:

12 April 2011

Decision Summary Author:

Treasurer of the States

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Fiscal Stimulus and P64/2010 Article 11(8) 2010 Year End carry forwards

Date of Written Report:

12 April 2011

Written Report Author:

Fiscal Stimulus Programme Manager

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:   Fiscal Stimulus and P64/2010 Article 11(8) 2010 Year End carry forwards.

Decision(s):  The Minister approved the carry forward of the £3,043,803 available underspend from 2010 to 2011, split by Fiscal Stimulus underspend of £2,811,703 and P64/2010 Article 11(8) underspend of £232,100.

Reason(s) for Decision:  Under Article 15(1)(b) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 the Minister for Treasury and Resources can permit all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure to, in the case of revenue expenditure, be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund after the end of the relevant financial year.

Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower implications.

Action required: Head of Financial Performance Reporting and the Fiscal Stimulus Programme Manager to inform departments of the decision in order to transfer the funds.

Signature:

 

 

 

Position: Senator  P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources

 

                 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

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Year End Carry Forwards: 2010

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Treasury and Resources

Report

 

 

fiscal stimulus and p64/2010 article 11(8) 2010 year end carry forwards

 

 

  1. Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the carry forwards of unspent funds for P64/2010 Article 11(8) and Fiscal Stimulus approvals from 2010 to 2011.

 

2.   Background

The year end out-turn for the combined P64/2010 Article 11(8) and Fiscal Stimulus underspend is £3 million. A summary explanation for each carry forward can be found in sections 3 and 4 of this report.

 

P64/2010 Article 11(8)

In July 2010 the States approved P.64/2010 lodged by the Minister for Treasury and Resources requesting an additional £15 million to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund in accordance with Article 11(8) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005.  This included £8.5 million to fund 2010 shortfalls in Court and Case Costs across five departments, £6 million to fund the Voluntary Redundancy scheme and £0.5 million to be allocated to the Chief Minister’s Department to fund the delivery of an improved procurement function across the States to generate annual realisable savings.

 

Fiscal Stimulus

In May 2009, the States approved P55/2009 to permit the withdrawal of up to £44 million from the Consolidated Fund to be reallocated for the net expenditure of a number of departments in order to fund a proposed discretionary economic stimulus package.

 

The programme of projects given approval by the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group (FSSG) continues to deliver benefits to the economy, supporting employment in the Island and creating new opportunities for businesses in Jersey. Some of these projects are unable to meet a conclusion in 2010, therefore a request is made to carry forward those balances agreed but not yet spent.

 

3.   Proposed Carry Forwards – P64/2010 Article 11(8)

The 2010 underspend and proposed carry forwards are as detailed. The Chief Minister’s department have requested £123,000 of the balance to be carried forward to continue with the improved procurement function and Home Affairs have requested the entire £109,100 to be carried forward to fund Court and Case Costs which will fall into 2011. The balance of £76,664 is to be transferred back to the Consolidated Fund along with the £300,000 Court and Case Costs contingency balance held within Treasury and Resources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table A shows those Article 11(8) allocations where balances remain at the end of 2010:-

 

 

4.   Proposed Carry Forwards – Fiscal Stimulus

The year end underspend is summarised by department in Table B, including explanations for project underspends. 

Table B shows departmental requests for Fiscal Stimulus carry forward:-

 

Department

Planned underspend for carry forward    (Fiscal Stimulus)

Further information can be found

Chief Minister's Department

657,112

MD-TR-2010-0032

Economic Development

791,517

MD-TR-2010-0032

 

 

MD-TR-2010-0088

Health & Social Services

7,194

MD-TR-2010-0111

Housing

950,373

MD-TR-2010-0075

 

 

MD-TR-2010-0087

 

 

MD-TR-2010-0110

Treasury and Resources

405,507

MD-TR-2009-0222

Total

2,811,703

 

 

 

5.   Recommendation

The Minister for Treasury and Resources is recommended to approve the following:

 

  • Article 11(8) carry forwards of £232,100, as detailed in Table A
  • Fiscal Stimulus carry forwards of £2,811,703, as detailed in Table B

 

 

6. Resource Implications

 

Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower implications.

 

 

Report author : Fiscal Stimulus Programme Manager

Document date : 12/04/2011

Quality Assurance / Review : Head of Decision Support

File name and path: L:\Treasury\Sections\Corporate Finance\Ministerial Decisions\DSs, WRs and SDs\2011-0040 - Fiscal Stimulus and 11(8) Carry Forwards - NP\WR - 2010 Year End Carry Forwards - NP.doc

MD sponsor : Treasurer of the States

 

 

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