Transfer of 2018 Underspends to Contingency Funding

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A decision made on 9 April 2019

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2019-0031
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of Unspent Revenue Budgets to Contingency		Date of Decision Summary:	27th March 2019
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:	Transfer of Unspent Revenue Budgets to Allocation of Contingency		Date of Written Report:	20th March 2019
Written Report Author:	Financial Performance Reporting Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: A non-recurring transfer of £16,141,750 from departmental underspends in 2018 to Contingency for 2019 to provide funding for the shortfalls in 2019 for the current pay proposals and due to the non-delivery of waste charges in this Medium Term Financial Plan.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to approve a non-recurring transfer of £16,141,750 from various Revenue Heads of Expenditure to Allocation of Contingency.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1A) 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 transferred from the head of expenditure to contingency expenditure, within or after the end of the relevant financial year. Article 18(1B) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister shall, after consulting the Chief Minister and PAO, give the States Assembly at least 2 weeks’ notice before an amount is transferred under paragraph (1)(c) or (1A). Article 18(1C) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that before giving notice under paragraph (1B), the Minister shall, in relation to any States funded body, consult the Minister responsible for that body. The Ministers for the departments listed have been consulted. The Chief Minister and Principal Accountable Officer (PAO) have been consulted.
Resource Implications: Revenue Heads of expenditure to decrease by £16,141,750 in 2018 and Contingency to increase by the same amount in 2019. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Financial Performance Reporting Manager once this decision has been approved. In accordance with Article 18 (1B) the Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the attached report to be presented to the States at least 2 weeks before the transfer is concluded. After the expiry of 2 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: