Budget Transfer: Jubilee Wharf and Cyril Le Marquand House

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A decision made 12 October 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2012-0125
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Transfer of Budget for Jubilee Wharf and Cyril Le Marquand House		Date of Decision Summary:	9th October 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director, Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Oral		Person Giving Oral Report:	Finance Director, Corporate Group
Written Report Title :	N/A		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	N/A		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	N/A
Subject: Transfer of rent and service charges budgets for Jubilee Wharf and Cyril le Marquand House from Economic Development to Housing and from Jersey Property Holdings and Chief Ministers to Economic Development.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to the following budget transfers: From Economic Development to Housing Year Rent Facilities Management Total 2012 £38,600 £11,000 £49,600 2013 £79,100 £22,600 £101,700 2014 £81,100 £23,100 £104,200 2015 recurring £83,100 £23,700 £106,800 From Property Holdings to Economic Development Year Rent Facilities Management Total 2012 £25,000 £0 £25,000 2013 £50,000 £0 £50,000 2014 £50,000 £0 £50,000 2015 recurring £50,000 £0 £50,000 From Chief Ministers Department to Economic Development Year Rent Facilities Management Total 2012 £0 £8,169 £8,169 2013 £0 £20,098 £20,098 2014 £0 £20,600 £20,600 2015 recurring £0 £21,115 £21,115
Reason(s) for Decision: Financial Direction 3.6 ‘Variations to Heads of Expenditure’ issued under Articles 15 and 34 of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 provides 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. As part of the Housing Transformation Programme and the existing requirement of the Housing Department it has been agreed to take over a larger area of office space in Jubilee Wharf. To facilitate this change, Economic Development agreed to reorganise the office space occupied by the department, with a transfer from Jubilee Wharf including a transfer of some of the department to Cyril Le Marquand House. The transfer of budget represents the transfer of the responsibility for the rental and facilities management costs for the areas that Housing is taking over from Economic Development and that Economic Development is taking over at Cyril Le Marquand House.
Resource Implications: Financial: The Economic development Head of Expenditure will decrease by the following amounts: 2012 – £16,431 2013 – £31,602 2014 - £33,600 2015 - £35,685
Action required: The Finance Director - Corporate Group and the Director of Financial Planning and Performance to action the budget transfers.
Signature: Senator AJH Maclean		Position: Economic Development Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):