Central Contingency: Allocation to various capital heads of expenditure

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A decision made 5 January 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2018-0002
Decision Summary Title:	Allocation of £6.756 million from Central Contingencies to various capital heads of expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	3rd January 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Allocation of £6.756 million from Central Contingencies to various capital heads of expenditure		Date of Written Report:	3rd January 2018
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: A non-recurring allocation of £6.756 million from Central Contingency to the Department for Infrastructure (DFI) – various capital heads of expenditure and the Department of the Environment (DOE) – various capital heads of expenditure.
Decision(s): The Minister approved: The allocation of £5.158 million in 2018 from Central Contingency to the various capital heads of expenditure detailed below, and; The allocation of £1.598 million in 2018 from Central Contingency in respect of future amounts required for 2019 to the various capital heads of expenditure detailed below:
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. Ministerial Decision, MD-TR-2017-0138 was signed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources on 17th November 2017 for the transfer of unspent capital to the Central Contingency. The funding proposals for the 2018 Capital Programme (P90/2017) were approved by the States of Jersey on the 30th November 2017.
Resource Implications: The following capital heads of expenditure budget to increase by £6.756 million in 2018 and Central Contingencies to decrease by £6.756 million as detailed in the table below. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 – 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Capital Accountant – Department for Treasury and Resources once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: