Budget Transfer: TETRA underspend to New Generation Passport project

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A decision made on 5 September 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2012-0066
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer Between Capital Heads of Expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	3 September 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director, Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Budget Transfer - Use of TETRA Underspend		Date of Written Report:	3 September 2012
Written Report Author:	Finance Director, Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1(a)(xiv)
Subject: Transfer of the unspent balance on the TETRA capital project to the New Generation Passport (NGP) capital project.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed: to transfer £471,000 from the TETRA Radio Replacement capital head of expenditure to the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure; to transfer the balance of unspent funds from the TETRA Radio Replacement capital head of expenditure to the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure when the project is completed.
Reason(s) for Decision: At its meeting on 24 August 2012 the TETRA Project Team reviewed the financial position of the project. The Accounting Officer has agreed that it is now appropriate that the forecast underspend of £471,000 should be moved to the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure and that any further underspend identified once the final payments have been made should also be transferred to that capital head of expenditure. No alternative funding stream has been identified for the NGP capital project.
Resource Implications: The TETRA Radio Replacement capital head of expenditure to decrease by £471,000 and the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure to increase by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States.
Action required: Finance Director to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources in accordance with Financial Direction 3.7 (Treasurer’s Delegation).
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):