Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure: Transfer funding from Infrastructure, Housing and Environment Revenue

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A decision made on 19th February 2021

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2021-0015
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer funding from IHE Revenue to Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	15th February 2021
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Business Partner - IHE		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer funding from IHE Revenue to Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure		Date of Written Report:	15th February 2021
Written Report Author:	Finance Business Partner - IHE		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: To approve the transfer of up to £1,672,000 in 2021 from the IHE (Infrastructure, Housing and Environment) revenue head of expenditure to the IHE Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00MF15037).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of up to £1,672,000 in 2021 from the IHE revenue head of expenditure to the IHE Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00MF15037) being a redirection of the balance of the Jersey Car Parking financial return to the States, after funding of revenue items.
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. A proposition (P.60/1999) lodged on 11 May 1999, and approved on 29 June 1999, approved the introduction of a Sustainable Transport Policy. A subsequent proposition (P.147.2004) was approved on 19 October 2004, which approved the necessary legislative changes to allow the raising of income from parking charges in excess of the sums required to maintain and operate the Car Parking Trading Fund, any additional income raised in this way was to be allocated for the funding of transport initiatives such as the bus service and highway maintenance.
Resource Implications: After the Jersey Car Parking financial return to the States and the funding concessionary bus passes from the IHE Revenue Head of Expenditure, the remaining budget from the JCP Financial Return will be transferred to the IHE Road Safety Improvements capital head of expenditure (Q00MF15037) increasing it by up to £1,672,000 in 2021.
Action required: The Head of Governance to inform the Head of Finance Business Partnering – IHE once the decision has been 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 S J Pinel, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure: Transfer funding from Infrastructure, Housing and Environment Revenue

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Treasury and Exchequer

Ministerial Decision Report

Transfer funding from IHE Revenue to Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to approve the budget transfer of up to £1,672,000 in 2021 from the IHE revenue head of expenditure to the IHE Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00MF15037) being a redirection of the balance of the Jersey Car Parking financial return to IHE, after funding of revenue items.

Background

Jersey Car Parking (JCP) was set up as a standalone Trading Operation under the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 to administer, manage and maintain the Island’s car parks. Since the inception of JCP in the late 1990’s an annual financial return has been made. In the initial years this was to the former Public Services Committee, in later years this was to general States Revenues before reverting back to IHE following approval by the States Assembly of proposition P.140/2015 Concessionary bus passes for the disabled. In the financial envelope the minimum Financial Return is set at £1.672m.

Concessionary bus scheme contributions over the last 3 years have been:

2020	£874,647
2019	£988,000
2018	£1,057,502

The funding from the Car Parks return is to be used for Sustainable Transport initiatives in addition to disabled bus passes. The Sustainable Transport Policy (STP) provides a number of targets and goals for making safety improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and the travelling public. These targets and goals translate into STP initiatives which end up as projects on the ground. These projects can range from a small pedestrian safety improvement to a full village improvement scheme or new shared space facilities such as the St Peter’s valley path or the Eastern Cycle network. All these schemes are designed for multi-users and ensure that disabled access is considered and encouraged.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to approve the budget transfer of up to £1,672,000 in 2021 from the IHE revenue head of expenditure to the IHE Road Safety Improvements Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00MF15037) being a redirection of the balance of the Jersey Car Parking financial return to the States, after funding of revenue items

Reason 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 Ministers have been consulted.

A proposition (P.60/1999) lodged on 11 May 1999, and approved on 29 June 1999, approved the introduction of a Sustainable Transport Policy. A subsequent proposition (P.147.2004) was approved on 19 October 2004, which approved the necessary legislative changes to allow the raising of income from parking charges in excess of the sums required to maintain and operate the Car Parking Trading Fund. Any additional income raised in this way was to be allocated for the funding of transport initiatives such as the bus service and highway maintenance.

Resource Implications

After the Jersey Car Parking financial return to the States and the funding of concessionary bus passes from the IHE Revenue Head of Expenditure, the remaining budget from the JCP Financial Return will be transferred to the IHE Road Safety Improvements capital head of expenditure (Q00MF15037) increasing it by up to £1,672,000 in 2021.

Report author : Finance Business Partner	Document date : 15th February 2021
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