Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund: Application for Funding/Budget Transfers: Police Headquarters Re-location

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A decision made 19 September 2014:

Delegated decision reference: MD-TR-2014-0105
Decision Summary Title:	Application of Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund Funding to States of Jersey Police Headquarters Re-location Project		Date of Decision Summary:	17th September 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Interim 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:	Application of Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund Funding to States of Jersey Police Headquarters Re-location Project		Date of Written Report:	17th September 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt	Exempt 3.2.1(a) (x) (xii) (xiv)
Subject: The application of funding of £1,800,677 from the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund (COCF) to the Home Affairs Department (HAD) for the Police Headquarters relocation capital project for which this funding was approved.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the following: an application for funding of £1,800,677 from the COCF to the HAD to fund specialist equipment and facilities for the Police Headquarters relocation capital project; the use of additional income of £1,800,677 by HAD; a non-recurring budget transfer in 2014 of £1,800,677 from the HAD revenue head of expenditure to the Treasury and Resources (T&R) (Jersey Property holdings (JPH)) Police Relocation capital head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 19(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that if, during a financial year, the Minister is satisfied that the income of a States funded body is likely to exceed its estimated income, the Minister may authorise the body to withdraw from the consolidated fund during that year an amount not exceeding the likely excess of income. 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. The application identifies a number of specific security features and specialist equipment to assist in safeguarding the security and integrity of the criminal justice process and in the prevention and detection of crime and criminality which meet the criteria for consideration of funding from the COCF. In a letter to the Treasurer, dated 20th March 2014, the Attorney General has confirmed his support for the use of COCF funds for this purpose. The Council of Ministers in their meeting of the 9th April 2014, also endorsed the proposal of the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve this funding.
Resource Implications: Once the HAD income target budget and the HAD revenue head of expenditure have been increased by £1,800,677, that sum will subsequently be transferred from the HAD revenue head of expenditure to the T&R (JPH) Police Relocation capital head of expenditure. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to notify the Assistant Accountant, Financial Performance Reporting Manager and the Finance Director – Home Affairs that this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P.F.C. Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date signed:		Date of Decision: