Budget transfer from Central Planning Vote to Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) to fund a public consultation on possible sites for Les Quennevais School replacement

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A decision made 28 August 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-ESC-2015-0014
Decision Summary Title:	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:	21st August 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Assistant Director, Policy and Strategy		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Assistant Director, Policy and Strategy
Written Report Title:	n/a		Date of Written Report:
Written Report Author:	n/a		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Central Planning Vote (CPV) allocation to Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) to fund a public consultation on possible sites for a replacement school at Les Quennevais
Decision(s): The Minister for ESC requested that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approve a budget transfer of £25,000 in 2015 from the Central Planning Vote to ESC to fund a public consultation on possible sites for a replacement school at Les Quennevais.
Reason(s) for Decision: Funds are required to enable the public consultation to proceed, and these will be used to pay for the costs of publications, room hire etc
Resource Implications: The Les Quennevais School capital project is in the States forward capital programme, and this is subject to approval by the States of the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019. The funding of £25,000 is needed in the short term, prior to States consideration of the Medium Term Financial Plan, to enable arrangements to be made for the public consultation to proceed during the autumn of 2015. As a result of this decision, the ESC capital head of expenditure will increase by £25,000 in 2015, with the Central Planning Vote decreasing by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure that would be approved by the States for the Les Quennevais capital project, and upon approval by the States Assembly of the capital project the amount received will be transferred back to the CPV from the Les Quennevais Head of Expenditure from JPH. If, however, the States should decide not to approve the capital project, then it would be the responsibility of ESC to repay the CPV from alternative sources of funding,
Action required: The Finance Director to seek approval from the Minister for Treasury and Resources and then to action the budget transfer.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Rod Bryans Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: