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Budget Transfer: Brig-Y-Don Refurbishment: Return of Surplus

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A decision made 9 December 2011:

Decision Reference:    MD-HSS-2011-0054

Decision Summary Title:

Transfer Return of surplus Brig-y-Don refurbishment budget

Date of Decision Summary:

02/12/11

Decision Summary Author:

 

Director of Finance & Information Systems

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

 Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title:

Transfer Return of Surplus Brig-y-Don refurbishment budget to T&R ContingencyConsolidated Fund

Date of Written Report:

02/12/11

Written Report Author:

Head of Management Accounts- Community

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

 

Subject:

 Transfer Return of remaining Brig-y-Don refurbishment budget

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to request the transfer of £179,000 non-recurrently in 2011 from the Health & Social Services Department to the Treasury & Resources Department Consolidated Ffund being surplus budget in connection with the refurbishment of the Brig-y-Don children’s residential home.  

Reason(s) for Decision:

Article 15(1)(a) 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.

 

Section 5.1 of Financial Direction 3.6 also states that Departments wanting to transfer funds between heads of expenditure must obtain the approval of their minister or of their accounting officer where a scheme of delegation exists.

Resource Implications:

Health & Social Services Department revenue head of expenditure will decrease non recurrently by £179,000. Treasury & Resources consolidated revenue head of expenditureThe Consolidated Fund balance will increase by the same amount in 2011.

Action required:

  1. Treasury & Resources to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury & Resources to accept the budget transferreturned funds..
  2. Treasury & Resources to transfer £179,000 in 2011 from Health & Social Services revenue head of expenditure to Treasury & Resourcesthe Consolidated head of expenditureFund..

Signature:

 

Position:

Minister for Health & Social Services  

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision:

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Budget Transfer: Brig-Y-Don Refurbishment: Return of Surplus

 

 

 

Health and Social Services Department

Ministerial Decision Report

 

RETURN of SURPLUS BRIG-Y-DON REFURBISHMENT budget to CoNSOLIDATED FUND

 

 

  1. Purpose of Report

This report seeks approval from the Minister to transfer unspent funding of £179,000 in 2011 for refurbishment of the Brig-y-Don property.

 

  1. Background

On 12th May 2009 P17/2009 was brought to the States under Article 11(8) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, to permit the withdrawal of up to an additional £1.3 million from the consolidated fund in order to fund urgent service improvements to address critical elements of the Williamson Implementation Plan.

 

The States debate deviated from the original proposition deciding that the £1.3m could only be utilised to fund 2 aspects of the original proposition:

 

a)     Family X – for specialist, therapeutic and accommodation services; and

b)     Brig-y-Don – to refurbish the Brig-y-Don children’s home.

 

On 22nd December 2010 £600,000 was allocated under MD-HSS-2010-0071 for the refurbishment of the Brig-y-Don property on the basis of the following estimated costs of the project;

 

Lowest Tender      £394,227

 Fees        £  78,900

 Asbestos Removal      £    1,634

 Site Works       £  20,000

 Appliances and Soft Furnishing    £  30,000

 Wall Insulation      £  20,000

 Total Project Cost      £544,761

 Plus contingency – 10%     £600,000

 

The refurbishment of Brig-y-Don is now complete and the department wish to return surplus budget to the consolidated fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Details of the funds to be transferred to Treasury & Resources Department

Actual expenditure on the refurbishment of the Brig-y-Don property in 2011 has totalled £421,000; surplus budget of £179,000 is to be transferred back to the consolidated fund.

 

  1. Recommendation

That the Minister approves the transfer of the sum of £179,000 to the Consolidated fund from Health and Social Services using Health & Social Services Department object account code KFR115.511991.

 

  1. Reason for Decision

Article 15(1)(a) 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.

 

Section 5.1 of Financial Direction 3.6 also states that Departments wanting to transfer funds between heads of expenditure must obtain the approval of their minister or of their accounting officer where a scheme of delegation exists.

 

  1. Resource Implications

Health & Social Services Department revenue head of expenditure will decrease non recurrently by £179,000. The Consolidated Fund balance will increase by the same amount in 2011.

 

Mark Queree

Head of Management Accounts – Community

2nd December, 2011

 

 

 

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