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Allocations of Funding for Fort Regent Major Project, Island Sports Facilities and Inspiring Places as detailed in Government Plan 2020 - 2023

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A decision made 11 December 2020:

Decision Reference:  MD-TR-2020-0154

Decision Summary Title:

Allocation of Pre-feasibility Vote and General Reserve funding to GHE Fort Regent and Island Sports Facilities projects

Date of Decision Summary:

9th December 2020

Decision Summary Author:

Specialist – Business Cases

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Allocation of Pre-feasibility Vote and General Reserve funding to GHE Fort Regent and Island Sports Facilities projects

Date of Written Report:

9th December 2020

Written Report Author:

Specialist – Business Cases

Written Report:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:

The non-recurring allocation of up to £158,000 in 2020 from the Pre-feasibility Vote (PFV) and £76,950 from General Reserve to Growth, Housing and Environment (GHE) for the Fort Regent major project (£117,000) and Island Sports Facilities, Inspiring Places (£117,950) as detailed in the 2020-2023 Government Plan.

Decision(s):

The Minister approved a non-recurring allocation from the PFV of up to £158,000 and £76,950 from the General Reserve to Growth, Housing and Environment (GHE) for the Fort Regent major project and the Island Sports Facilities, Inspiring Places to fund the objectives included in the attached report.  

Reason(s) for Decision: 

Article 18(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that a specified amount appropriated for one head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure that is set out in the government plan.

Article 18(4) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that the Minister shall give the States Assembly at least 4 weeks’ notice before an amount is transferred under paragraph (1)(a). 

Article 18(5) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that if a direction under this Article would affect a head of expenditure that relates to the responsibilities of any Minister, that Minister must be consulted before the direction is made. The Minister has been consulted.

Article 15(3) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 states that the approval by the States of a government plan authorises the Minister to direct how an approved appropriation for a reserve head of expenditure in the plan may be spent (including on another head of expenditure) in the first financial year covered by the plan.

 

The current Policy for Allocations from the Reserve agreed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (published as R.80/2020) states that ‘Where a request is made for £100,000 or less, or where the Minister is satisfied that there is an urgent need to provide funding in the public interest, an allocation may be made by the Minister on the recommendation of the Treasurer.’

As this request from the General Reserve is for only £76,950 the Treasurer recommends this allocation directly to the Minister.

Resource Implications:

The PFV and General Reserve heads of expenditure will decrease by up to £158,000 and £76,950 respectively and the Fort Regent major project and Islands Sports Facilities heads of expenditure will increase by £117,000 and £117,950 respectively.

 

This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Government Plan 2020-2023.

 

Funding that has been drawn down and is unspent at the end of the financial year will return to the PFV. Where unspent balances are required for the same purpose in the following year, the Minister for Treasury and Resources may approve a Ministerial Decision to reissue the funding without a need to repeat the funding application process. Any amounts that remain unspent once the pre-feasibility work has been completed will be returned to the PFV or to the Reserve.

Action required: The Head of Financial Governance to advise the Specialist – Business Cases and the Head of Finance Business Partnering of the department that this decision is approved.

 

In accordance with Article 18(4) the Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the attached report to be presented to the States at least 4 weeks before the transfers are concluded. After the expiry of 4 weeks following presentation to the States the transfer may be concluded.

Signature:

Position:

Deputy Susie Pinel

Minister for Treasury and Resources      

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

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