Customs and Immigration Service: Use of additional income in 2011

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A decision made 8 November 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2011-0077
Decision Summary Title :	Use of Additional Income – Customs and Immigration Service		Date of Decision Summary:	31 October 2011
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 :	Use of Additional Income – Customs and Immigration Service		Date of Written Report:	28 October 2011
Written Report Author:	Finance Director Home Affairs		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1 (a) (x)
Subject: Use of additional income in 2011.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of income of £100,000 received in excess of the budgeted amount in 2011 from the Home Affairs Department’s revenue head of expenditure to an existing capital head of expenditure in order to partly fund the New Generation Passport (NGP) project.
Reason(s) for Decision:  British passport fees have been subject to periodic increases which have provided funding to deliver the new generation passport project in the United Kingdom. This is consistent with this request to transfer excess income (including passport income) to the capital budget in Jersey.  If the unbudgeted income received in 2011 is transferred to the project the need for additional capital funding for the NGP will be considerably reduced.  No other funding source has been identified for the NGP project at this stage.
Resource Implications: The Home Affairs Department’s revenue income will increase over and above that stated in the 2011 Annual Business Plan by £100,000 and this will be transferred into the Biometric Passports capital head of expenditure. There are no manpower implications associated with this decision.
Action required: The Minister to seek the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources in accordance with Financial Direction 3.6 – Variations to Heads of Expenditure (Treasurer’s Delegation).
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):