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SEPT 2023
Ministerial Plans
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Government
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Ministerial Plans
Contents
Introduction 5 Chief Minister 7 Minister for Children and Education 13 Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture 19 Minister for the Environment 23 Minister for External Relations 27 Minister for Health and Social Services 33 Minister for Justice and Home Affairs 39 Minister for Housing and Communities 43 Minister for Infrastructure 47 Minister for International Development 51 Minister for Social Security 55 Minister for Treasury and Resources 59 Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024 62
Ministerial Plans
Jersey: A Thriving Community
Introduction
The Ministerial Plans form part of the Government Programme 2024-2027 and set out:
each Minister s priorities; and
the Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024
The Ministerial Plans will be updated each year.
Further information on the functions discharged by each Minister and Assistant Ministers is published online in this report: Art. 30A Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministers and Assistant Ministers Report (gov.je)
Ministerial Groups are established by the Chief Minister or the Council of Ministers to provide a central ministerial forum in which to consider and deliberate matters ranging across a number of portfolios. A list of Ministerial Groups, including terms of reference and membership is published online here: How the Council of Ministers works (gov.je)
Chief Minister
Deputy Kristina Moore
Assistant Ministers
Deputy
Lucy Deputy ConnØtable Stephenson Alex Curtis Andy Jehan
Deputy Deputy Elaine Millar Ian Gorst
Ministerial Priorities
I will work to lead a government that is I will also continue to work closely with trusted, compassionate, and responsive to relevant ministers to:
Islanders. I will do so through my leadership
i. sustain political and executive focus
and co-ordination of the work of the Council of
on the Island s recovery from recent Ministers.
major incidents, placing those
My priorities are: affected at the heart of all decision-
making
- Supporting Ministers to deliver on
our areas of relentless focus: ii. coordinate and facilitate delivery of
new healthcare facilities
helping Islanders to cope with the cost
iii. provide strategic direction on
of living
improvements to the public realm addressing the causes and effects of as Chair of the Future Places
the housing crisis Political Oversight Group, with a
particular focus on St Helier.
resolving recruitment and retention
pressures across the public and private
sectors.
- Continuing to strengthen 5. Working with the Housing Minister the relationship between the to ensure Government has strong Government, States and the parishes and sustained actions to tackle including through: the housing crisis and increase home ownership, as set out in his
leading on constitutional policy
Ministerial Plan.
regular liaison with Scrutiny Chairs
and the President of Scrutiny Liaison 6. Continuing to make support to Committee children and their families central
actively monitoring the Privileges to the work of this Government by and Procedures Committee s pilot leading on delivery of the outcomes
of constituency office teams in 2024 of the 2017 Care Inquiry Report, to
and supporting implementation of the ensure we learn from the mistakes of resulting model the past and deliver positive change going forward.
continuing to hold Council of Ministers
meetings in parishes monthly 7. Supporting an engaged and
annual publication of Ministerial productive public service workforce
priorities and associated legislation. by:
listening to staff, and responding to the
- Building strong partnerships across results of the 2023 BeHeard survey the whole of government, the private
sector and charitable and community consolidating the new central key organisations to deliver real benefits worker accommodation service,
for Islanders, by: providing fair access to temporary and
transitional accommodation for priority continuing to engage with Islanders key workers
and stakeholders, through the Older
People s Forum and bringing together delivering further improvements to diverse, talented Islanders of all recruitment and retention processes generations to inform and challenge and systems
Ministers on opportunities for the developing our talent through training Island and development programmes, and
in partnership with other ministers, increasing the number of apprentices
developing a family friendly approach year-on-year
across all key government policies that continuing to prioritise strategic
will shape our Island s future workforce planning, with a particular
progressing the international cultural focus on critical frontline services such centre project, encouraging Islanders as children s social care and healthcare
from all backgrounds to come together, ensuring that our public service values promoting diversity and strengthening are demonstrated in everything we do. inclusion
embedding commitments made in the Engagement and Information Review.
- Requiring governance arrangements that support a culture of delivery and robust decision making enabling services to be efficient, effective and value for money while also being transparent and accountable.
- Progressing population and migration policy by:
leading the Population and Skills
Ministerial Group, which provides a central political forum for matters relating to population policy and the skills needs of the Island
presenting the 2024 annual update
on the Council of Ministers Common Population Policy to the States Assembly
working with relevant Ministers to
review the availability and quality of housing for those without full housing qualifications, and to consider options for improvement
bringing forward secondary legislation
to support the development of
clearer and more flexible population controls, and reviewing the legislation that controls access to housing and bringing forward amendments as necessary
finalising operational systems to
manage responsive migration controls effectively
collecting accurate and timely statistics
on population trends including migration and immigration volumes and analysis.
- Maintaining and enhancing Jersey s position as a leading and well- respected international finance centre while responding to the needs of Islanders to access financial services products, by:
continuing to enhance the industry s
ability to take advantage of the opportunities created by fintech and Open Finance
developing an appropriate legislative
framework for regulation of digital assets
enhancing consumer protections
by implementing consumer lending legislation and a comprehensive framework for pension regulation
responding to the conclusions of the
MONEYVAL report and developing international best practice, reviewing the Island s approach to financial regulation with a view to bringing forward any necessary proposals in order to maintain the island s position as a leading responsible jurisdiction
enhancing the product offering for
financial services through legislative amendments to key financial services legislation
effecting the transfer of the Depositors
Compensation Scheme to the Jersey Resolution Authority.
- Maintaining and developing a strong regime for combatting financial crime in Jersey in line with international standards, best practice and the Island s long-term prosperity by:
Continuing with the process of the
2023/2024 MONEYVAL evaluation, which will assess Jersey against the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) international standards on anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing including preparing for
the findings of the evaluation in the summer of 2024 and publishing a comprehensive response on behalf of the Government and island authorities to the conclusions of the MONEYVAL evaluation.
continuing to implement the National
Strategy for Combatting Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 2022- 2026 and associated action plan
chairing the Financial Crime Political
Steering Group, which takes strategic policy decisions, ensures national cooperation between all agencies and monitors the delivery of the national action plan
providing for the full transition of the
Financial Intelligence Unit out of the States of Jersey Police with legislation and necessary funding
developing an enhanced approach
to law enforcement agencies investigating complex financial crime by considering further changes to the legislative framework
receiving reports on the effectiveness
of financial crime agencies from the Financial Crime Agency Review Group ( FCARG ) which will drive decisions on national policy.
- Improving value for money in the supporting all departments to improve delivery of our public services, by: delivery, through strengthened organisational performance
prioritising filling vacancies in frontline management and with additional
services such as children s social support provided by the Delivery Unit care and healthcare while controlling on key projects.
vacancies elsewhere, as part of
actively managing the size of the
public service
delivering departmental savings
targets while demonstrating continuous improvement
introducing a new government-wide
approach to organisational change management with a stronger focus on benefits realisation
partnering with other agencies to use
public services as a means of investing in innovation and research to benefit the Island
leading the Council of Ministers
work with counterparts in Guernsey, promoting the sharing of expertise, resources and best practices to
drive good quality and value for money public services across both jurisdictions.
- Improving the performance of Ministerial departments by:
accelerating digitisation and
streamlining of services with a view to improving their convenience and transparency starting with the delivery of core digital capabilities to support government-wide improvements
integrating citizen data to deliver
services more effectively and efficiently, and tasking officials
to develop intelligent integrated government data insights to support robust decision making, underpinned by the Statistics Code of Practice
sustaining our cyber security maturity
progressing decarbonisation of the
government s fleet and estate, as a sustainability priority
Minister for Children and Education
Deputy Inna Gardiner
Assistant Ministers
Deputy ConnØtable Louise Doublet Richard Vibert
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: through high attainment for their
abilities alongside their wider social,
- Ensuring all children and young emotional and health well-being people have the best education
available to them, from early years continuing to modernise and enrich through to adulthood, by: the Jersey curriculum to reflect the
challenges of the modern-day world
ensuring that education is shaped so that all children and young people
around children, their needs and their are happy to learn and can go on to human rights and that children and succeed and be the best that they young people are listened to at every can be, whatever their background or level of the Education system and individual needs.
where possible their views are taken
offering evidence-based approaches into account and acted on.
that support families and children who using the Council of Ministers need early help and support within
commitment to put schools at the heart an outward looking education and
of an inclusive community approach support system.
to innovate and establish the best
providing new ways of including and leadership and partnership models
supporting learners with particular
for schools, which have children, their
needs, better supporting children families, and communities as their
and young people who are multi- focus.
lingual learners, further developing
ensuring that children and young the schools funding formula and people can achieve their potential further upskilling the teaching
workforce through the rollout of delivering the next phase of the continuous professional development school food programme, extending programmes. the number of participating primary
schools where hot lunches are
recruiting more specialist staff to work
available.
with children to access the curriculum
and continuing to develop our recognising that all children need workforce to improve how we teach regular and frequent access to green and support children and better target space and nature in order to flourish, support where it is needed across and search for and act on opportunities inclusive schools. to increase access to these wherever
children and young people are
developing plans for legal reform of
accessing education.
the Education Law that will promote
inclusion, autonomy of schools, and
- Implementing the Children and
clear systems of governance and
Young People s Emotional Wellbeing accountability, whilst continuing to
promote inclusive communities and and Mental Health Strategy 2022-25 support for all children and families to and delivering improved health and access the highest quality education. wellbeing outcomes for children and
young people, by:
identifying and implementing a model
of early years services that is child- continuing to address CAMHS waiting centred, equitable, efficient, and times for ADHD neuro-developmental affordable that can deliver very good assessments and to maintain within outcomes for all children and families. target waiting times post-Children
and Family Hub triage, for initial
developing a strategy to offer assessments, therapy, and autism
affordable and also targeted free assessments.
nursery provision for children aged
from 9 months. continuing to deliver the work
identified by the The nasen review
engaging with families to understand in December 2021, a number of
how parenting support services can be strategies are being developed,
further improved and better accessed. including Mental Health and Wellbeing This work will continue into 2024. leads for all schools and whole school
recognising the importance of policy, creation of a charter of Inclusion
communication and language in the for all young people in education and early years and beyond, and working reviewing policies regarding school
in partnership with Jersey Library attendance
and Every Child Our Future (ECOF) to continuing to update the CYPES increase literacy levels and enjoyment estate ensuring disability accessibility through all ages of our population. and safeguarding requirements are
reviewing and updating the Jersey addressed and that the estate reflects
School Review Framework (JSRF) the capacity requirements of CYPES for 2024 to reflect developments in services.
curriculum and the Inclusion Review creating and delivering a multi-
and incorporating the Independent agency mental health and skills and Schools Inspection Framework competency framework to include launched in 2023. trauma training
delivering on the capital programme, delivering support sessions that
including the production of a roadmap promote wellbeing including physical for the re-development of schools in activity, eating and sleeping well Town, and explore models of community
integration for schools in Jersey.
working in partnership with the 4. Working in partnership to deliver
voluntary, community and private a range of services for children sector to increase the range of support and young people, families and available communities, by:
undertaking a review of family support
and parenting groups as well as support for young carers, to provide consistency across the Island
- Improving our social care services for children and building on the Jersey Care Inquiry recommendations, by:
working across Government to
deliver our corporate parenting responsibilities. This will mean children in the care of the Minister, and care leavers, will be supported by the Government to thrive and prepare to move into adulthood.
working with partners to improve
continuity in care, early identification of need and better co-ordination of services.
ensuring our services are safeguarding
children and young people with targeted focus on the most vulnerable.
delivering system change so that
we better support and care for our children. This will include delivering programmes which aim to keep children safely with their families and where this is not possible to provide a loving home for them. Our promise will be to ensure we all thrive together.
ensuring we have enough capacity to
support our most vulnerable children and families, for those either in care or through preventative work and continuing to work with children and families to improve the quality of our services.
delivering improvements in our
residential care services including developing and enhancing therapeutic support working closely with the range of services.
increasing support across Fostering
and Adoption Services to ensure our parents, carers and extended families are getting the right help when needed.
developing Best Practice models for
partnership engagement with the 3rd sector
developing relationships and support
for multilingual young people into community-based provision.
continuing to deliver on the Youth
Service Improvement Programme.
delivering on the capital programme
to provide young people with fit for purpose community-based provision in St Helier and Le Squez.
developing ways to meaningfully
involve and engage children
and young people in delivering improvements to services by embedding participation standards across CYPES and introducing accountability and governance structures.
ensuring all front facing CYPES
services to children and young people are rights respecting.
continuing to develop the work of
the Youth Parliament and The School Council Network to ensure children and young people have an active voice in their schools, colleges and community.
delivering the Jersey International
Cultural Centre which is dedicated
to offering guidance, assistance, and insights to individuals with cultural backgrounds extending beyond Jersey
continuing to develop partnerships
across the Arts sector to deliver the Arts, Education & Personal Development strand of the Arts Strategy
working with partner organisations to
develop cycling proficiency and road safety awareness
5. Establishing a strong, engaged and 6. Enhancing Jersey s skills system valued workforce working on behalf to ensure it is responsive to the of children, young people and their evolving needs of the economy and families and ensuring services are Islanders aspirations, by:
delivered safely and effectively, by:
continuing to build strong partnerships sustaining a focus on recruitment in between Government, industry,
nurseries, childcare settings, schools, and employers to ensure that local Children s Social Work, Residential education and training fully prepares Care and CAMHS. To develop learners for the workplace.
bespoke campaigns and improve
confirming an agreed approach to processes to attract future colleagues
upgrading the teaching and learning
to work for our services.
facilities at Highlands College to
continue to work with early years ensure they mirror high-quality providers to understand and address contemporary workplaces.
the challenges of workforce pressures.
ensuring Islanders of all ages can
addressing staff wellbeing by listening access training opportunities which
to the needs of the workforce, support them to develop new and addressing day-to-day work additional skills required by our challenges, for example workload, and changing economy.
providing opportunities for colleagues
working with ministerial colleagues, to grow with the organisation.
and the People and Skills Ministerial
ensuring robust governance, Group, to ensure skills policy and
safeguarding and quality assurance delivery is coordinated across frameworks are in place across CYPES Government.
and schools, ensuring children and
continuing to explore and deliver the young people are protected and
37 actions from the Further Education service operate effectively.
and Skills Actionable Agenda to create a robust skills system for the island
promoting individual and employer
investment in lifelong learning by developing strong and visible culture and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of lifelong learning.
creating a dedicated internal Skills development fund under the CYPES
revenue Head of Expenditure following the recommendation of the Further Education and Skills Actionable Agenda report and the States Assembly decision.
working with the Population and
Skills Ministerial Group to undertake a review and feasibility study into the establishment of Individual Lifelong Learning Accounts.
developing a strategy for on-island
provision of Higher Education in partnership with local providers.
- Ensuring the department is improving value for money in the delivery of the department s services by:
increased focus on early prevention
improving continuity in care, support
and reducing duplication in processes, which will ensure the delivery of departmental savings targets
ensuring better budgetary control and
working to ensure future affordability and sustainability of services; and
demonstrating effective leadership
by embedding the systems and processes that drive a culture of quality, safety, learning and continuous improvement
- Ensuring the department is driving improvements to the performance of its services by:
supporting, engaging and adopting
continuous improvement
adopting a quality assurance
framework as part of the new services coming under regulation of care
further developing the schools review
framework to include greater focus on inclusion and quality outcomes for children and young people
continuing to focus on benchmarked
performance across education, CAMHS, Children s Services and the Jersey Youth Service
Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Deputy Kirsten Morel
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Deputy
Alex Curtis Lucy Stephenson
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: 2. I will work with ministerial colleagues
to champion and realise the full
1. Implementing an economic potential of Jersey s economy in framework which will champion a every aspect of Government of sustainable and inclusive approach Jersey s work plan, including:
and drive an economy that is
consistently high-performing, Working with the Population and Skills environmentally sustainable, Ministerial Group to address skills entrepreneurial and technologically shortages.
advanced. I will work with other Working with the Future Energy ministers to develop policies and Ministerial Group to consider the future mechanisms to alleviate the current role that renewable energy can play in problems of staff shortages and our economy.
helping Islanders cope with the rising
cost of living. Wtheo rckhinagll ewnigthe os tohf e rri sMining i sc to es rsts t oo f m eet
living and developing our island s infrastructure to support future economic prosperity.
Enabling productivity growth by
attracting inward investment to support the diversification of Jersey s economy and supporting the delivery of key initiatives by Jersey Business, Digital Jersey and other delivery partners.
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- Working with stakeholders to ensure 5. Working with our key partners to that Government interactions are ensure our Island maintains robust simple and efficient for new and economic infrastructure including existing businesses, entrepreneurs transport and digital connectivity, and social enterprises, by: improving resilience and expanding choice for consumers, by:
Developing a programme to champion
enterprise across our business Using the Future Economy Programme environment and government and working across government to processes. ensure the most effective initiatives are
progressed and our future economic
Lowering barriers to business and
needs are better understood.
preparing necessary legislative
changes, where needed. Working with the Ports Policy Group
to develop priorities to provide clear
reviewing the Tourism (Jersey) Law
policy direction to Ports of Jersey as a 1948 and the Licensing (Jersey) Law
vital States-owned body.
1974 to ensure they are fit for purpose
and enable businesses to operate Supporting the identification and efficiently within the sector. allocation of suitable areas of land for
economic use.
Developing a social enterprise
framework to support the development Delivering a safe, secure and resilient and sustainability of local social environment for developing the digital enterprises. economy through the implementation
of the Digital Economy Strategy.
- Identifying new international
opportunities for Jersey businesses Amending Jersey s Competition Law and work to deepen our Island s framework to support the Island s
business environment, both for economic ties to our closest
domestic and foreign investors, neighbours, by: and protecting the interests of local
Enhancing our economic ties with consumers.
France and other neighbours, including
the implementation of the Export and 6. Recognising the importance of our Inward Investment strategies. marine and agriculture sectors,
by supporting these industries to
Exploring opportunities through improve productivity, environmental
regular, at a minimum, quarterly performance and Jersey s food meetings with our Guernsey
counterparts for greater cooperation security, by:
across all areas of economic activity Implementing the Rural and Marine including, but not limited to, air and sea Economic Frameworks.
connectivity, digital, sport, culture and
heritage. Expanding the provision of the Rural
Initiative Scheme.
Deepening our cultural, sporting, and
economic links with France, particularly the departments of Ille et Vilaine and La Manche as well as other European jurisdictions.
Providing additional support to the
fishing industry via the Marine Sector Support Scheme.
Supporting the development of the
medicinal cannabis industry and innovative medical products into a highly regulated, robust and export- focused element of our rural economy.
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- Recognising the part sport can play in improving lives and strengthening communities, we will deliver a coordinated and enhanced sport offering for Islanders. We will embrace the power of sport to enrich our local economy and promote Jersey internationally. This will include:
Championing a coordinated approach
to sport across Government and the community to help in the delivery of Ministers strategic priorities.
Supporting our local talent and sports
organisations to compete nationally and internationally.
Ensuring we remain aligned with
our local, national and international sporting obligations and governance.
- Ensuring the continued commitment to devote 1% of all Government expenditure to the arts, to support delivery of the Arts and Heritage Strategies, by:
Completing the Jersey Opera House
refurbishment to enable this venue to host major events from 2025.
Progressing the refurbishment of
Elizabeth Castle as a major capital project
Continuing to champion the Creative
Island Partnership, facilitating direct engagement with the arts sector and developing opportunities for careers in the arts and culture sectors.
Finalising and lodging a new bespoke
Heritage Law and subordinate legislation.
Promoting Jersey as an attractive
jurisdiction for intellectual property rights which play an important role in supporting a thriving creative economy.
- Creating new opportunities for growth in the daytime, evening, visitor and events-led economies, using clearly articulated sector strategies to encourage investment and influence placemaking to create an attractive and dynamic retail and tourism sector, by:
Engaging with stakeholders from
across the tourism sector to implement the Visitor Economy Strategy.
Working with our retail and visitor
partners to facilitate new opportunities for growth in the daytime, evening, visitor and events-led economies.
Designing and beginning to deliver
a new retail strategy to promote investment and influence placemaking to create attractive and dynamic opportunities for our retail sector.
- Deploying the Technology Accelerator Fund through Impact Jersey. Working in partnership with Digital Jersey to design programmes that drive prudent and targeted digital solutions to wider Island challenges and we will promote
a responsible, internationally competitive and innovative digital and technology sector.
Minister for the Environment
Deputy Jonathan Renouf
Assistant Minister
Deputy Hilary Jeune
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: 2. Protecting and enhancing Jersey s
natural environment and heritage by:
1. Tackling the climate emergency by
reducing Jersey s carbon emissions extending protection of the Island s
in line with our net-zero target and rich geodiversity to ensure that improve our resilience to the impacts geo-heritage assets are valued and
of climate change by: appreciated
delivering the first phase of the carbon continuing to designate conservation
areas to protect and improve the
noenutthreal droeacdarmbaopn iisnact li uo dn i no gf hae faot cinugs architectural and historic character and buildings and road transport through a appearance of these special places
just transition continuing to develop our
understanding of the Island s
rgeovvieewrnianngc teh eo fotpheer aIstliaonndasn de nergy archaeological heritage and ensuring market to ensure a safe and its appropriate consideration and
just transition from a reliance on protection
hydrocarbons; and working with Jersey developing a marine spatial plan to Electricity to ensure the readiness of ensure the sustainable management of the grid for accelerated electrification the Island s marine environment, and
continuing to develop the necessary bringing forward proposals to develop
consenting regimes and frameworks to a marine park
enable utility-scale offshore renewable
energy generation
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better protecting biodiversity enhancing public debate to ensure through new legislation and planning that the integral links between climate, policies; exploring the introduction of natural resource quality, environmental
biodiversity net gain; and progressing quality, active travel, health (both strategic workstreams to address physical and mental), and personal biodiversity loss (including trees) responsibility are understood and more widely discussed
working with the Minister for
Infrastructure to bring forward bringing forward proposals for the legislation to ban disposable vapes licensing of food business and for the
import and export of food to protect
- Ensuring the delivery of the homes human health and consumer interests and infrastructure that are essential
developing a proportionate,
to economic prosperity and Islanders
transparent and consistent approach wellbeing; and enhance the quality of to compliance and enforcement,
places in the Island, by: including a code of conduct for setting beginning to prepare the evidence standards in developing policies and
base for the next island plan, to include operating procedures which guides the understanding the need for homes and regulatory activities, complemented by
key infrastructure a resolution framework
working to explore the introduction of 5. Improving value for money in the
a development levy for the Island delivery of our public services by:
implementing a licensing scheme to delivering departmental savings
regulate rental properties to ensure targets
minimum standards in rental dwellings
are maintained demonstrating continuous
improvement
progressing the development of a
long-term Island-wide water strategy, 6. Improving the performance of
and undertake a review of the Water departments and services by: (Jersey) Law 1972 in line with the
objectives following the development supporting an engaged and productive of the water strategy workforce
enhancing customer experience
- Promoting flexibility, responsiveness,
and efficiencies in the way that we progressing the effective management work to best meet the needs of our of risk and good governance customers by: ensuring the efficient, effective and
ensuring the planning system is sustainable use of departmental
responsive to key priorities; and resources
reviewing the form of the Island Plan improving performance management and the process by which it is revised
to ensure that it is fit-for-purpose, ensuring that the public service values accessible and of more relevance to are demonstrated in everything we do
islanders
continuing to review, develop and
publish planning guidance that better supports the planning service and helps to deliver the Island Plan
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Minister for External Relations
Deputy Philip Ozouf
Assistant Minister
Deputy Ian Gorst
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: engagement in the run-up to the UK
General Election;
- Conducting external relations,
engaging on a range of high-
cino ancccuorrrednatnlyc ewwithit hth teh eCChioemf Mmionnis ter, profile policy issues in support of Policy on External Relations, as other Government of Jersey (GoJ)
departments and pursuing positive updated and agreed by Ministers
outcomes in the best interests of the in 2022.
Island;
- Continuing to build positive, long- maintaining and strengthening the term relationships with Jersey s Jersey London Office to safeguard the external partners to promote and delivery of a successful on-the-ground protect the Island s interests through platform for UK political and officer our international engagement, engagement.
specifically:
United Kingdom - Trade and
United Kingdom political relationships: Cooperation Agreement (TCA):
engaging regularly with UK Ministers maintaining effective representation
and cross-party parliamentarians to and engagement through relevant increase understanding of, and support oversight and governance structures;
for, Jersey s constitutional relationship continuing to engage with GoJ and UK and value to the UK; Government colleagues in respect of
undertaking targeted programmes of TCA implementation e.g. the fisheries
management regime;
monitoring developments in the UK- playing a key role in developing and EU relationship that could impact the communicating the Island s response Island to international developments on tax
and beneficial ownership;
United Kingdom Free Trade
Agreement Programme: delivering relevant commitments within
the Island Identity Report. This will
coordinating cross-government input include promoting Ambassador for
to new UK Free Trade Agreements Jersey packs, designed to support (FTAs), including oversight of analysis those representing the Island abroad,
of the benefits and risks of Jersey s and developing a Jersey Connections participation; diaspora engagement initiative, which
aims to improve connectivity and
pursuing access in line with the
engagement with people living abroad principles of participation agreed by
who have an affinity to Jersey;
the States Assembly, and particularly in
respect of trade in services, in line with providing information on UK consular the Island s priority interests; support, where required.
concluding and implementing the
France:
overarching UK-Crown Dependencies
Memoranda of Understanding in Delivering the cross-government respect of Dispute Resolution; engagement strategy and coordinating
the cross-departmental working group,
supporting the delivery of a
to steer and oversee work to improve programme of reform in the intellectual
and cultivate Jersey-French relations, property area to enable Jersey to seek
including with the French national inclusion in the services chapters of
government;
the Comprehensive and Progressive
Agreement for Trans-Pacific undertaking proactive and wide- Partnership (and other modern FTAs). ranging engagement with regional
partners across Normandy and Brittany, Supporting Government of Jersey including a programme of ministerial priorities: and officer inbound and outbound
visits complemented by regular
continuing to work with GoJ
regional summits;
departments and arms-length
bodies to support and enhance the working collaboratively with other Island s economic productivity, using departments to develop and
our relationships with the Crown implement projects supporting Dependencies, the UK, Europe, and cooperation across trade, connectivity, global partners to inform and support travel, education, arts, heritage and
the objectives of the Council of sport, including exploring the possibility Ministers; of formalising commitment with the
negotiation and implementation
continuing to use our existing and
of targeted Memoranda of
grow new external relationships to
Understanding;
develop collaborative approaches
to areas of common challenge delivering a programme of on-the- including housing policy, population ground engagement in Paris through and migration issues, labour and skills use of the UK s diplomatic platform (in shortages; line with the 2023 Memorandum of
Understanding);
supporting other GoJ departments in
the development of the strategy for
International Compliance:
an off-shore wind farm, in support of
climate change, energy resilience and ensuring Jersey continues to take a
cost of living objectives.; proactive and visible leadership role
in supporting the global community in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
effective implementation of
sanctions [by the Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit] in a timely
and comprehensive way, and by undertaking collaborative multi-agency work as part of an effective whole-of- Island, government/regulator/industry response;
conducting regular outreach and
engagement with industry to provide clarity and guidance on issues related to sanctions implementation;
Leading implementation of MONEYVAL
recommendations relating to sanctions implementation, as appropriate, following the Island s assessment in 2023;
delivering an effective international
compliance function, including managing the relationship with the Director of Civil Aviation;
monitoring direction of travel in EU and with international partners on the use
of frozen assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine to ensure early alignment.
European Union:
continuing to develop and grow
Jersey s profile and engagement with EU institutions (Commission, Council, Parliament), in line with the European Relations Engagement Strategy and the business plan of the Channel Islands Brussels Office;
utilise our overseas representation
in London, Brussels Caen and Paris
to horizon-scan, lobby and engage directly with EU stakeholders on the ground on key policy areas of taxation, financial services, financial crime, data protection amongst others, particularly in light of institutional changes in 2024 (European Parliament and European Commission changes in 2024);
building new areas of collaboration
and relationship with the EU, with a particular focus on cultural diplomacy,
and support to the broader economy - evolving plans for engagement, with particular focus on those jurisdictions with which we share historic, community and economic ties;
undertaking a wide programme of
ministerial and officer inbound and outbound engagement to build solid and positive bilateral relations with EU Member States.
Global relationships:
progressing the Global Relations
Strategy to increase Jersey s positive visibility, improve access to key decision-makers and enhance the island s connectivity in carefully selected priority jurisdictions outside the UK and EU;
negotiating new international
agreements, including opening negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaties (e.g., with Rwanda and Qatar by Q2 2024, completing domestic ratification of the Ghana BIT in 2024, and concluding Double Taxation Agreement negotiations with Ghana by Q1 2024);
building alliances, in conjunction with
other GoJ departments, to further international cooperation in areas such as trade, asset return, tackling financial crime, environmental, digital, cultural and educational collaboration.
Multilateral organisations:
continuing to represent Jersey s
interests - and take leadership positions where possible - in strategic multilateral fora such as the OECD, Commonwealth institutions, and the IMF and World Bank.
- Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:
delivering departmental savings targets
demonstrating continuous
improvement
- Improving the performance of departments and services by:
supporting an engaged and productive
workforce
enhancing customer experience
progressing the effective management
of risk and good governance
ensuring the efficient, effective and
sustainable use of departmental resources
improving performance management
ensuring that the public service values
are demonstrated in everything we do
Minister for Health and Social Services
Deputy Karen Wilson
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Deputy
Rose Binet Malcolm Ferey
Ministerial Priorities
During 2024 I will focus on the quality, b. Ensuring the Board is driving
safety, effectiveness and affordability of the improvements to the performance of HCS Government of Jersey s health and care and its services by:
services and, on supporting improvements to
supporting, engaging and improving the health and wellbeing of Islanders through
the productivity of the workforce; activities that prevent ill health and promote
wellbeing. establishing an effective leadership
and performance management
My priorities are:
culture;
1. Securing vital governance providing assurance on operational improvements in the quality, safety effectiveness aligned with
and effectiveness of services structural and departmental change delivered by the Health and programmes;
Community Services Department building operational resilience by (HCS) by: ensuring there is continual and
a. Monitoring performance of the newly focused delivery of departmental established Health and Community workforce plans;
Services Board ensuring that all Board putting in place the systems and committees, reporting structures processes to help ensure HCS staff and assurance frameworks are fully feel they are valued team members established by Quarter 2 2024. who are free to speak up about
concerns;
enhancing the engagement, continuing regular, meaningful participation and involvement of engagement between the
people who use services in the work department, patients and the wider of the department; public.
enhancing patient experience c) Ensuring the Board is improving value for including by introducing a service money in the delivery of the department s excellence standard setting out HCS s services by:
commitments to its patients and staff,
ensuring better budgetary control and including standards related to waiting
the delivery of departmental savings times and referrals and measures of
targets and working with the Minister service satisfaction;
for Treasury and Resources to ensure progressing the effective future affordability and sustainability management of risk and good of services; and
governance including improving the
demonstrating effective leadership quality and use of data to:
by embedding the systems and
- better identify and manage risk; processes that drive a culture
of quality, safety, learning and
- understand service capacity and
continuous improvement.
demand;
- plan improvements and monitor 2. Enabling different parts of the health effectiveness; and care system to better work together to improve outcomes for
leading the work on development of
an HCS clinical service strategy and Islanders by:
the services to be provided by the a. working alongside other Island providers department; to consider options for improved system- ensuring the efficient, effective and wide working, governance and strategy sustainable use of departmental development including development of an resources including continued roll-out island-wide health and care strategy;
of the electronic patient record and b. in collaboration with the Minister for ongoing digitalisation of health care Treasury and Resources and Minister services; for Social Security, continue to develop
options for healthcare funding to help
epxropvainsidoinn gto t hIsel acnhdoeicrse tohfr os ue grvhic teh e ensure that Jersey, in common with the implementation of the paid for rest of the world, can respond to known
services strategy, enhancing the future increases in the costs of healthcare; private healthcare offer, attracting and
skilled professional to Jersey and c. building on work undertaken in 2023 increasing income to be used for the continue to develop the Jersey
benefit of all Islanders; Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, a improving performance management comprehensive data set that will help all including adoption of, and compliance service providers, inside and outside of with, evidence-based clinical government, to plan services and chart standards to ensure services are progress.
safe and effective, and preparing for
independent inspection by the Jersey
Care Commission; and
ensuring HCS is upholding public service values including demonstrating departmental openness and transparency and
- Advancing the health and wellbeing carers receive high quality bereavement of women in our community by: support and aftercare;
- developing proposed changes to the Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997 in order to ensure it meets the needs of women and takes account of changes in medical practice. Those changes will be informed by the citizens engagement process undertaken in 2023;
- continuing to deliver improvements to HCS maternity services in 2024;
- continuing, in partnership with the Minister for Children and Education, the work on the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative to promote breast feeding locally; and
- publishing a women s health strategy
by end of 2024 setting out priorities for improving the health and wellbeing of women and girls, access to contraception and assisted reproduction services. Including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly.
- Advancing the health and wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness or distress in our community by:
- completing an updated Mental Health Strategy to better meet the treatment
and recovery needs of people affected
by serious mental illness, ensuring timely access to assessment, treatment and early intervention. Including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly; and
- beginning implementation of the recently published Suicide Prevention Strategy
to help prevent suicide and reduce
the incidences of self-harm, including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly.
- Advancing the quality healthcare
and wellbeing support for those
living with a health disability, terminal illness or who are in need of support
by:
- monitoring and facilitating the roll out of an end-of-life and palliative care strategy, published in 2023, helping to ensure that all islanders can access high quality care and support and that their families and
- commencing development of an autism and neurodiversity strategy for publication in 2025. The strategy will be co-produced with service users and external providers;
- publishing, in 2024, a roadmap for diabetes care which has been coproduced with service users and external providers, including the development of proposals for implementation; and
- developing proposals to underpin delivery of the recently published dementia strategy and cancer strategy, for consideration by the Assembly.
- Advancing the health and wellbeing of all Islanders by:
- supporting delivery of priority actions from the recently published Public Health Strategy including:
(i) continuing the work of the Scientific Advisory Panel for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS);
- implementing the recommendations of the Substance Use Strategy; and
- co-ordinating efforts to reduce preventable physical or mental illness, working with colleagues across Government, public sector and businesses.
- continuing to co-ordinate delivery
of support to those affected by the
major incidents in late 2022, including psychological support, health checks and long-term health monitoring;
- implementing the findings of the Health Protection Review where resources permit;
- developing a revised Food and Nutrition Strategy for Jersey alongside delivering activities which will enable Islanders to better access a healthy, nutritious and sustainable diet, with a focus on reducing health inequalities and diet-related diseases such as cancers, heart disease and diabetes; and
- commencing work on developing d. Public Health law: Continued
regulatory systems that provide for development of a potential new public
the safe prescribing of cannabis and health law, for debate in 2025, that will development of the medicinal cannabis provide proportionate measures to industry. support the control of infectious diseases,
threats and other hazards, and will
- Informing the programme of support government to address health development for New Healthcare inequalities.
Facilities by:
e. Professional registration law: Continued
- specifying the clinical and operational development of a potential new requirements for new healthcare facilities professional registration law, consolidating with the Minister for Infrastructure and the five different laws into one new fit-for- Council of Ministers; and purpose law, for debate in 2025.
- providing clear direction and advice on functional content, clinical design and service configuration as the client to the programme of development.
- Developing legislation that provides for safe, effective services or supports the health and wellbeing of Islanders including:
- Assisted dying: Continued development of a proposed new law permitting assisted dying for Jersey residents aged 18 and over, for debate by Assembly in 2025.
- Law to safeguard and protect adults: Continued development of a potential new law which will focus on safeguarding and protecting adults at risk of harm or neglect and providing for the needs of carers. Law drafting to commence in late 2024.
- Medicines Law and Misuse of Drugs Law: Commence a review of the Medicines (Jersey) Law 1995 and the Misuse of
Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 to ensure that Jersey can support manufacturing, wholesale dealing and cultivation of medicinal products and medicines, whilst ensuring compliance with international
and regulatory best practice across
all matters related to medicines and controlled drugs.
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
Deputy Helen Miles
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Deputy Louise Doublet Hilary Jeune
Ministerial Priorities
Underlying all of my priorities below is the 2. Ensuring Justice and Home recognition that during 2022 and 2023 the Affairs (JHA) frontline services are Island experienced unprecedented and appropriately funded, supporting an deeply tragic incidents, which we will continue engaged and productive workforce
to feel the effects of for many years to come, to operate effectively, efficiently and and that Justice and Home Affairs services perform their statutory functions and have been at the forefront of responding addressing significant pressures and to these. I want to recognise the significant key risks affecting JHA Services by: impact this has had on services which had
already experienced periods of disruption embedding investment in the Fire and further to organisational change, Brexit and Rescue and Ambulance Services to
the Covid-19 pandemic. In the aftermath of address pressing issues in relation to this challenging period, our services must be demand and capacity, risk, governance afforded the space to reflect and rebuild as the and compliance with modern
island continues to recover. As part of this staff professional standards.
wellbeing must be a primary consideration. implementing the future resourcing
model for the Ambulance Service,
My priorities are:
further to the findings of the
1. Recognising the unprecedented Association of Ambulance Chief demands arising from the tragic Executives Review Report 2021 and major incidents in 2022 and the Demand and Capacity Review,
2023, ensuring that our teams are continuing to invest in public and supported through the recovery firefighter safety to address significant phase. risks due to inadequate resources,
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concerns about the service s developing and delivering a
succession planning and the inability community safety programme for
to attract specialist or senior talent schools as part of an overarching
from outside Jersey, as highlighted in strategic focus on early intervention, the National Fire Chiefs Council/Local filling the gap left after Prison! Me! No! Government Association Peer Review Way! (PMNW) was discontinued. Report 2022.
4. Developing and delivering a modern
reforming fire safety, including and effective youth justice policy
development of new fire precautions
by reviewing the findings of the legislation, fireworks, and
previous youth justice reviews and rreescpoomnmdeinngdtaoti oGnres nafnedll TUoKwBeur iIlndqinugir y the latest available evidence of
Safety Programme. effective practice, working with the Minister for Children and Education.
continuing to develop the existing
Emergency Services Control Centre, 5. Responding to the findings and
focusing on resilience. Work with each recommendations of the Violence
JHA service to embed appropriate Against Women and Girls Taskforce,
governance structures and increase initiating work to improve women s
compliance with national standards. safety and experience of the criminal investing in dedicated data and justice system.
analytical capability to understand if
our community is getting safer, the 6. Building and enhancing relationships stories behind key trends in crime and across Government and the justice disorder and which interventions are system, as well as with the third working, which are not, and why sector and other key partners, to
enable truly joined up and strategic
striving to achieve good value for working including preparatory work
money, whilst ensuring delivery of
for a refreshed Criminal Justice essential statutory services in the
context of limited public resources Policy.
supporting officers to take forward 7. Reforming legislation by:
the departmental People and Culture,
Strategic Workforce, Wellbeing and developing a new civil contingencies Diversity, and Equity and Inclusion law with a focus on resilience.
plans, ensuring that public service continuing work on reform of the Law values are demonstrated in everything of Divorce by developing legislation we do to introduce the concept of no fault
divorce in Jersey Law.
3. Refreshing our community safety and substance use approach by:
working closely with our partners on
responding to and preventing issues which cause concern in our community by focussing on early intervention and prevention, considering substance use, and other harms such as gambling.
creating a new building a safer
community framework to replace the previous Building a Safer Society Strategy (BaSS), which lapsed in 2019.
reviewing firearms legislation
- Providing a coordinated focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by:
progress Diversity Equity, and Inclusion
(DEI) by evaluating existing activity, setting expectations for the public sector to complement the Government of Jersey s five public sector values, and to weigh DEI considerations in all policy development.
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- Maintaining a customs and immigration function which delivers for Jersey by:
continuing to monitor and review
the Work Permit Policy to ensure
an appropriate balance between providing an effective border control and being responsive to the Island s bespoke needs and workforce requirements, including by considering the findings and recommendations
of the Work Permit Holders Welfare Review
remaining responsive to the impact
of changes to import taxes (including GST) on the service and Islanders, to ensure the efficient collection of revenue with minimal disruption, by investing in systems that enable the necessary functional and technical improvements to be made.
- Enshrining a rehabilitative culture within the Prison Service with
an intention of releasing better
neighbours by:
embedding a new culture focussed
on a rehabilitative model to reduce reoffending, by providing prisoners with the right interventions and environment whilst in prison. This will give them the best possible opportunity to reintegrate with the community upon release, releasing better neighbours.
embedding the new operating model
for the States of Jersey Prison Service including a new and affordable model for staffing that provides opportunities for staff, including an aspiration to professionalise the role of the prison officer and offer qualifications, up
to and including degree level, in leadership and rehabilitation.
reviewing service delivery models
within the Prison for Education, Healthcare, Secure Custody of Young People and Rehabilitation by working with HCS, CYPES and the Probation and After-Care Service.
- Working in partnership to address policing challenges by:
building effective, cohesive, inclusive
and effective partnerships as a cornerstone of the community policing approach.
continuing to assess, adapt and
respond to the changing demands
on the States of Jersey Police (SOJP) including demand related to mental health, children and young people. Building on progress that has seen mental health incidents involving the SOJP reduce by 34% in 2023 so far and acknowledging that as corporate parents, SOJP have a statutory duty within the Children s Law for the wellbeing of young people.
expanding of the Digital Forensics Unit
to meet an increasing demand and improve service to victims, witnesses and the courts in supporting effective criminal justice processes.
- Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:
delivering departmental savings
targets
demonstrating continuous
improvement
- Improving the performance of departments and services by:
supporting an engaged and productive
workforce
enhancing customer experience
progressing the effective management
of risk and good governance
ensuring the efficient, effective and
sustainable use of departmental resources
improving performance management
ensuring that the public service values
are demonstrated in everything we do
Minister for Housing and Communities
Deputy David Warr
Ministerial Priorities
I will continue to progress a sustainable Continuing to implement
response to the housing crisis, increasing the commitments made in response
supply and delivery of homes whilst improving to the Homelessness Strategy and affordability, quality and security of tenure. in light of the formalised definition
of homelessness, working with
My priorities are:
shelter providers to ensure our most
- Continuing to model open and vulnerable Islanders are able to access the right help at the right time, as part
accessible political leadership with
of a whole-system response, using respect to the housing crisis, listening
improved data to inform future housing to learn from Islanders about the policy and developing new models of
challenges they face and their hopes housing-led support.
for the future.
Working with the Minister for
- Continuing to work collaboratively Infrastructure to ensure our investment with States Members and Scrutiny, into Island infrastructure is adequate to and finding ways to work more support the delivery of more homes for closely with the Strategic Housing Islanders.
Partnership. Making better use of the homes we
already have, including policies to
- Improving the housing situation for support right sizing and ensuring that Islanders by: homes are not inappropriately lost from
Working with the Chief Minister and the local housing market.
Council of Ministers to Increase the Continuing to take action that will
rate of home ownership, delivering support vacant homes coming
more homes and implementing a back into use, pursuing regulatory government-backed scheme to improvements in light of the ongoing support Islanders with the cost of work of the Empty Homes Service. home ownership.
Delivering fair and sustainable changes Continuing to work with the Minister to the Affordable Housing Gateway
for the Environment and the States eligibility criteria, in accordance with Assembly to deliver appropriate my published Roadmap for Improved measures to improve rental Access to Social Housing in Jersey. accommodation standards and provide
enhanced protections for both tenants
and landlords.
Ministerial Plans
- Addressing both the causes and 6. Improve the overall performance effects of our housing crisis, of housing functions across including: Government, by:
Developing new schemes that will Continuing to strengthen the
help tenants buy their homes, working centralised coordination of housing with social housing providers and, in activities, through the Strategic particular, Andium Homes. Housing and Regeneration Team
Continuing to improve housing data Enhancing customer experience and
intelligence, to improve visibility and support provided by the Housing understanding of housing trends, Advice Service
working collaboratively with others to
Supporting a program of regulatory unblock challenges with administrative
improvements to ensure the housing data sharing in order to better
legislative framework is fit for purpose understand the Island s housing market
and is applied fairly and consistently, and make better informed decisions.
addressing areas of detriment, often
Continuing to develop the Island s affecting the most vulnerable in our
first long-term, sustainable strategy for community.
the future of Jersey s housing market,
Supporting the use of new technology based on a vision that extends beyond
which will assist in intelligence led political terms and which carefully
enforcement, targeting resources at considers the role of fiscal measures
areas of highest risk.
towards a healthy housing market.
This strategy will serve to test future housing actions proposed by the States Assembly, ensuring that actions:
both individually and cumulatively,
will take Jersey in the right direction
will help to alleviate the housing
issues experienced by Islanders today
will leave a legacy of housing
that is affordable and fit for future generations.
- Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:
Continuing to monitor the funding and
resources available in Government to support continued action to tackle the housing crisis.
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Minister for Infrastructure
Deputy Tom Binet
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Deputy
Steve Ahier Lucy Stephenson
Ministerial Priorities
To develop and improve the Island s critical Continue work to assess the most infrastructure and its contribution to Islanders appropriate and cost-effective uses lives, the environment and the economy. for Fort Regent (utilising as much
existing information as possible) then My priorities are:
commence plans for the necessary
1. Delivering Key Government projects: development work to be undertaken.
Continue to assess, progress and Complete delivery of the new mental deliver the various elements of the health facilities before the end of
2023, and develop plans for future Nineclwu dHinega lathncaacreu tFeahcoilistipei sta pl arot gramme, mental health and other associated
Overdale, ambulatory services at facilities, as directed by the Health and Kensington Place/Gloucester Street Community Services department.
and a health village at the St Saviour s
Hospital site. 2. Maintaining and improving
Government property:
Complete the new Government
headquarters building by mid-2024. Change the approach of Jersey
Property Holdings to adopt a more
Continue the review into the financially sustainable model that will replacement and enhancement of enable it to act more commercially
sport facilities, providing a plan for across the Government of Jersey
longer term delivery. estate, including retention of property sale proceeds and the purchase of
strategically important property assets.
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Use the strategic condition survey 3. Providing waste services that
of the public estate to improve the continue to meet current needs, management and efficiency of all develop additional capacity for the government property. future, encourage waste reduction
Develop an approach to increase and improve recycling, both
investment in the government s £1 domestic and commercial:
billion property portfolio that will Formulate a strategy for managing inert
facilitate the appropriate level of and hazardous waste, in collaboration
maintenance in future. with the Minister for the Environment, Prioritise the delivery of public realm to provide the Island with appropriate
improvements, particularly in central St waste management policies, and
Helier, to improve walking and cycling facilities, for the foreseeable future.
routes and achieve a new, vibrant, Develop waste policies to incentivise
Town Centre for the community waste reduction, increase (and stretching from the Parade Gardens to rationalise) recycling and reuse
Ann Street. services, and generate funds to invest
Commence a refurbishment of both the in enhancing general infrastructure
Central and Fish Markets to establish capacity.
them as the heart of the new public Implement the Bridging Liquid Waste realm scheme, in order to improve the Strategy programme to support the quality of life for local residents and delivery of new housing across the businesses and provide an attractive Island and ensure sufficient capacity environment to encourage growth in for the longer term.
the tourism sector.
To ensure a collaborative approach 4. Infrastructure: Protecting islanders
to strategic property matters, with from the adverse effects of climate collaborative working between change:
Officers, Ministerial colleagues, Parish Develop and commence delivery of Officials and arm s length bodies that the long-term Shoreline Management will provide comprehensive evidence- Plan to protect the Island s coastal based and costed recommendations communities from the increasing risk of to the Future Places Group before flooding due to climate change. decisions are made.
Develop a comprehensive Flood
Ensure the timely and coordinated Mitigation Plan aimed at minimising
management, or release, of flooding and the impact of floods on Government land and premises communities and infrastructure. associated with the new office
headquarters and other property Work with the Constable of St Helier rationalisation projects. and other Government bodies to fast
track the delivery of the public realm regeneration programme, to redefine the heart of St Helier and make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
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- Making our roads as safe as possible, and reduce carbon emissions in a measured and affordable way:
Develop and deliver improvements
to the bus service and develop more walking and cycling routes in line with the Sustainable Transport Plan.
Develop and support a cross-
government Road Safety Strategy to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.
Identify appropriate sites, and seek
planning permission for additional carparks, in order to facilitate a reduction in town-centre congestion and on-street parking.
Accelerate the delivery of the fleet
decarbonisation programme, including electric vehicle infrastructure and the replacement of petrol/diesel vehicles with alternatives, wherever practical.
Review all speed limit polices and
attempt to simplify vehicle speed control across the Island.
Work with the Minister for Justice
and Home Affairs and the States of Jersey Police regarding speed limit regulations, enforcement and other speed control and road safety measures.
- Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:
delivering departmental savings
targets
demonstrating continuous
improvement
- Improving the performance of departments and services by:
supporting an engaged and productive
workforce
enhancing customer experience
progressing the effective management
of risk and good governance
ensuring the efficient, effective and
sustainable use of departmental resources
improving performance management
ensuring that the public service values
are demonstrated in everything we do
Minister for International Development
Deputy Carolyn Labey
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Steve Ahier
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: portfolio of ongoing dairy, conservation
and financial inclusion projects.
- Ensuring that Jersey meets its
obligations as a good global citizen, Further developing dairy programming to help change the narrative in Africa, beginning new projects in about the Island, and to provide Rwanda, Malawi and Zambia to build opportunities for businesses and on successful recent programmes.
individuals, by: Supporting Jersey s financial services
industry to develop its offerings in
Continuing to implement the 15
impact investment and sustainable specific objectives of the Strategic
finance and philanthropy, and
Plan (published 2022) for Jersey
deepening links with the World Overseas Aid, and develop detailed,
Bank, and Financial Regulators and sector-specific strategies for financial
Supervisors.
inclusion and Emergency Funding, as
have been produced for Dairy and Standing with Ukraine in its struggle Conservation Livelihoods. to survive the Russian invasion,
adding to the £3.4m of humanitarian
Continuing to focus on measuring
assistance already provided by Jersey impact of supported projects in the
and ensuring it meets the needs of countries in which we operate.
the civilians worst affected by the
Playing to Jersey s strengths by war, while responding to other global
focusing our development aid on emergencies, including the Horn of three areas where we add particular Africa, Sudan and Syria.
value, further increasing the size of our
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Diversifying and improving skills in 3. Improving value for money in the
Jersey by increasing the number delivery of our public services, by: of opportunities for Islanders to
volunteer and providing more career Striving for best value
opportunities in the international Demonstrating continuous development sector through bursaries, improvement
internships and United Nations (UN)
placements. 4. Improving the performance of
Continuing to gradually increase departments and services by:
Jersey s official development Supporting an engaged and assistance towards the Organisation productive workforce
for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) average (0.36%), Enhancing customer experience raising it from 0.28% in 2023 to 0.29% Progressing the effective management
of GVA in 2024. of risk and good governance
Supporting Jersey Overseas Aid to Ensuring the efficient, effective and
maintain its high score in the Be Heard sustainable use of departmental Survey and continue to lead as an resources
example of a workplace of excellence.
Improving performance management
- Ensuring that Jersey continues to Ensuring that the public service values nurture a positive and inclusive are demonstrated in everything we do Island identity by:
Enhancing support for those
representing the island abroad.
Furthering local knowledge and
developing the resources available to teach school children, front-line workers and Islanders about Jersey, including its unique constitution, history, culture, environment and community.
Creating newcomer resources to
support those moving to Jersey in conjunction with the International Cultural Centre
Investigating how the Island can be
presented internationally and how messaging locally can be made more positive.
Furthering the Government s
engagement with global diaspora communities, in conjunction with External Relations and relevant departments.
Undergoing a feasibility study/
work around coordination of the promotion of Jersey s international image externally among the various organisations which do so .
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Minister for Social Security
Deputy Elaine Millar
Assistant Ministers
Deputy Malcolm Ferey
Ministerial Priorities
My priorities are: 2. Continuing to adapt and extend the
benefits and support available to
1. Providing targeted support and adults with long term care needs and polices to help Islanders with cost of their carers by:
living pressures, by:
monitoring the support provided to
developing a new basis for community people receiving care in their own
costs bonus payments or providing a home, their carers and younger adults replacement benefit
supporting the development of a
supporting workers through sustainable care market that positively
increases in the minimum wage responds to long-term demographic and taking actions to improve their trends alongside the ongoing
rights, including the introduction development of our population policy of whistleblowing rights within
employment legislation (P.47/2023) reviewing the sustainability of the Long
Term Care Fund and continuing to
continuing to implement and expand a monitor the operation of the Long Term
scheme to provide community access Care scheme
to period products for those who need
them working with the Minister for Health
and Social Services to ensure that
the practical support and services available for people receiving care and their carers are well aligned to their needs on an ongoing basis.
Ministerial Plans
3. Continuing the review of our support for parents of babies needing incapacity and health benefits to neonatal care (P.52/2023)
enable Islanders to stay in work and
access the primary healthcare they 6. Addressing discrimination and
need by: promoting the Disability Strategy
and the work of the third sector and monitoring and expanding the voluntary groups by:
Workwell service to reduce the impact
of health conditions on people of responding to the views identified in working age the 2023 Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle
Survey on possible extensions to the
reviewing and updating the Discrimination Law and taking action as
assessment of long-term health needed
conditions within the contributory
benefit system continuing to implement the disability
strategy on an ongoing basis.
working in co-ordination with the
Minister for Health and Social Services continuing progress to ensure that
and the primary care sector to support government documents are fully
the development and delivery of accessible to people with a range of primary care services. disabilities and are easy to understand
by monitoring usage and continuing to
supporting the Minister for Health and develop them as needed.
Social Services to develop options
for funding healthcare to meet the working with community organisations challenge of future increases in to improve the coordination and healthcare costs. communication of their services.
supporting the Minister for Health and supporting community organisations
Social Services to establish schemes through targeted grant funding
to address women s health issues.
7. Monitoring and continuing to
- Developing schemes to address the enhance the ways Social Security impact of a changing demographic by: contributions and benefits issues are communicated with the public by:
developing the details of a secondary
pension scheme continuing to implement the major Transform programme to deliver a
working across government to ensure
new, highly customer-centred benefit that all public services and government
administration system and associated functions are actively planning for a
processes, in coordination with wider changing demographic
government strategies to support effective corporate data management,
- Ensuring that benefits are well-
digitisation and automation
targeted and effective by:
updating benefit legislation as needed
to support the implementation of the major Transform programme to deliver a new, highly customer-centred benefit administration system and associated processes
implementing the outcomes of the 2023 high-level benefit review
reviewing the impact of benefit rules
on specific groups and taking action as necessary including providing financial
monitoring customer and stakeholder
feedback on an ongoing basis to prioritise the updating and ongoing review of standard letters and guidance information as well as the use of digital, phone and face to face communications.
ensuring that Social Security benefits
and services continue to be easy to access while transitioning smoothly to the new Government HQ building at the end of 2024.
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- Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:
delivering departmental savings
targets
demonstrating continuous
improvement
- Improving the performance of departments and services by:
supporting an engaged and productive
workforce
enhancing customer experience
progressing the effective management
of risk and good governance
ensuring the efficient, effective and
sustainable use of departmental resources
improving performance management
ensuring that the public service values
are demonstrated in everything we do
Minister for Treasury and Resources
Deputy Ian Gorst
Assistant Ministers
Deputy ConnØtable Elaine Millar Richard Vibert
Deputy Steve Ahier
Ministerial Priorities
As Minister for Treasury and Resources, I My priorities are:
have political responsibility for the Treasury
and Exchequer department. Treasury and 1. Providing finance and commercial Exchequer looks after the Island s finances, support for the New Healthcare collecting revenues to fund Jersey s public Facilities and other government services and ensuring the protection and projects by:
effective use of public funds to promote facilitating appropriate and affordable financial sustainability. The department aims funding strategies for projects.
to enhance the financial position of the
Government and States of Jersey in order providing financial and commercial that it can deliver policies and initiatives and advice and guidance to project teams.
achieve the best value for money.
- Supporting the current housing situation in the Island by:
implementing identified funding
initiatives for new housing developments and supporting affordable purchases especially for first time buyers.
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- Moving to mandatory independent providing financial and commercial taxation with an accompanying advice and guidance to departments compensatory allowance for the in the delivery of the Value for Money 2026 year of assessment. Programme (including savings, improved service effectiveness and
- Overseeing work on Pillars 1 & better user outcomes).
2 - the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development 8. Improving the performance of (OECD) initiative to update departments and services by:
international tax rules in light of supporting an engaged and productive the digitalising economy to ensure workforce
that Jersey aligns with international
standards while supporting the enhancing customer experience Island s long-term prosperity, by: progressing the effective management monitoring OECD and international of risk and good governance
developments throughout 2024 in ensuring the efficient, effective and order to advise Ministers on options for sustainable use of departmental
Pillar 2 implementation. resources
Implementing any Minimum Standard improving performance management
elements of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 once
agreed by the Inclusive Framework. ensuring that the public service values
are demonstrated in everything we do
- Implementing the Government s
Insurance Strategy 9. Infrastructure funding:
continuing to explore creating a local
- Implementing the governance infrastructure pool within the Common arrangements for arm s length Investment Fund for investment in bodies (which includes arm s length income generating local infrastructure. organisations (ALOs), States-owned
entities (SOEs) and other entities) by: 10. Upholding customer service
standards by:
providing ministerial leadership of
relationships with Arm s Length Bodies, ensuring that there are effective ensuring good value for money of processes in place within Revenue these relationships. Jersey and the Finance Hub.
embedding guidance which enables continuing to work on digital
Arm s Length Bodies to contribute and technologies to improve customer evidence contribution to Government experience.
priorities.
making ongoing improvements to the
- Improving the delivery of our public accessibility of public facing services. services by establishing a Value for beginning to develop the digital
Money Programme including: strategy for Revenue Jersey customers following the Organisation
delivering departmental savings
for Economic Cooperation and targets
Development (OECD) framework.
demonstrating continuous
improvement
providing appropriate governance,
reporting and resourcing for the Value for Money Programme.
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11. Continuing to transform the Treasury and Exchequer Department by:
embedding, monitoring and reporting
on the functionality and usability of new IT systems
continuing Revenue Jersey
transformation, including ongoing enhancements to the Revenue Management System and the Future Digital Strategy
Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024
This section outlines the legislation that it is aimed will be lodged for debate by the States Assembly during 2024. It does not include policy development and drafting for legislation to be lodged in later years, or business as usual Orders and Commencement Acts.
Chief Minister
Name of Legislation | Brief Description |
Charities (Jersey) Law 2014 | Amendments to the Law, particularly to extend the definition of misconduct to provide the Charity Commissioner with greater powers to exclude governors of charities on safeguarding grounds and considering amendments relevant to the private wealth sector. |
Comptroller & Auditor Amendments to the Law further to the Comptroller and Auditior General (Jersey) Law General s recommendations in her Mid-Term Reflections report.
2014
Control of Housing and Amendments to support the development of clearer and more flexible Work Law population controls.
Control of Housing and Review legislation that controls access to housing and amend Work Law legislation as necessary.
Inquests and Post- Mortem Examinations (Jersey) Law 1995 and Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001
Amendments to the processes surrounding coronial practices, and the investigation and registration of death.
Financial Services responsibilities
Bank (Recovery and Resolution) Transfer of functions from the Depositors Compensation (Jersey) Law 2017 and Scheme to the Jersey Resolution Authority.
Banking Business (Depositors
Compensation) (Jersey)
Regulations 2009
Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 Amendments to modernise the Companies Law and associated
Regulations and Orders to maintain competitiveness. Consumer Protection Regime Implementation of secondary legislation and consequential
amendments required.
Financial Intelligence Unit The Financial Intelligence Unit will require full separation from legislation the States of Jersey Police during 2024, in line with previous
decisions of the Financial Crime Political Steering Group. This legislation will be brought forward over 2024 in consultation with the PSG and other interested parties.
Financial Services (Disclosure Exploring access to information by obliged entities. and Provision of Information)
(Jersey) Law 2020
Financial Services (Ombudsman) Amendments to the Ombudsman Law and public sector (Jersey) 2014 pension schemes statutory rules.
Legislative framework for Potential introduction of conduct/prudential. Potential amending digital assets existing legislation and/or introduction of new law.
Legislative reforms to the anti- Further to the MONEYVAL evaluation of Jersey in 2023/24 money laundering regime further there will be the requirement for a series of legislative actions to the MONEYVAL assessment of to address recommended actions in the report. Ministers will Jersey 2023/24 consider those actions further to receiving the conclusions of
the report and will prioritise delivery of legislation accordingly.
Limited Partnerships (Jersey) Updating and clarificatory provisions together with
Law 1994 incorporating continuance in/out into permanent legislation.
Open Finance Enabling legislation. (includes open banking)
Pensions Regulation Phase III - deliver a comprehensive framework for regulation of
all pensions arrangements.
Powers of Attorney (Jersey) Subject to the recommendation of the Legislative Advisory Law 1995 Panel, clarificatory amendments to legislation and mechanism
for non-corporate bodies with separate legal personality to grant powers of attorney.
Security Interests (Jersey) Amendments to clarify and modernise regime. Law 2012
Sustainable Finance Implementation of standards relevant to sustainable finance. Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 Clarificatory amendments following recent judgments.
Minister for Children and Education
Name of Legislation | Brief Description |
Children (Convention Rights) Jersey Law | Phase 2 enactment to include named voluntary agencies. |
Education (Grants and Revisions to the basis for calculating the grant and determination of Allowances) (Jersey) eligibility criteria for the grant and allowances provided for in the Order.
Order 2018
Reciprocal Care Develop reciprocal statutory arrangements on care orders between Arrangements Jersey and England and Wales.
Regulations for Bring forward regulations that describe clear legal parameters for independent advocacy independent advocacy.
Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sports and Culture
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Competition Law Legislative changes are proposed in the following areas of law: Amendments mergers and acquisitions, market studies, competition law appeals and
compliance.
Cyber Defence Provide clarity and broad legal framework regarding CERT.JE (Jersey) Law
Draft Unlawful Public Triennial Regulations to be renewed in 2024.
Entertainments
(Jersey) Regulations
202-
Heritage (Jersey) Law Protection and management of finds of archaeological significance. 202-
Shipping (Registration) The amendments will strengthen requirements for the Representative (Jersey) Regulation Persons of Jersey-registered vessels, enhancing maritime standards 2004 and regulations.
Telecoms Security A.57 amendment to the Telecoms (Jersey) Law 2002 to introduce a Amending Regulations telecoms security framework for Jersey.
Tourism (Jersey) Law Amendments will be subject to the review due to start end of 2023. 1948
Minister for the Environment
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Amendments to the Amendments to extend the remit of Jersey Care Commission. Regulation of Care
(Jersey) Law - 2014
Animal Welfare Review of the Animal Welfare (Jersey) Law 2004 - a Law to consolidate (Jersey) Law 2004 and revise the laws promoting the welfare of animals and the prevention
of suffering by animals, to regulate the keeping and use of animals, and for connected purposes.
Development levy Legal vehicle required to enable introduction of a development levy.
May require amendment of Planning & Building (Jersey) Law or new law.
Energy Performance Legislation to make Energy Performance Certificates mandatory at the Certificates point of sale or rental of a property and to introduce minimum energy
efficiency standards. Policy agreed in Carbon Neutral Roadmap.
Food (Jersey) Law Subordinate legislation under the Food (Jersey) Law 2023 to regulate 2023 food for the purposes of protecting human health and consumers
interests in Jersey and increase food security and facilitate export and innovation within the food sector.
Offshore renewable Legislation to regulate the development of offshore renewable energy energy (Jersey) Law sector.
202-
Planning and Building Potential amendment to effect change to island plan review process; and (Jersey) Law form of the island plan.
Sea Fisheries (Jersey) Amendments as required under TCA and other International Agreement 1994 and subordinate obligations.
Regulations and
Orders
Update Building Bye Bring into force legislation that updates current building regulations and Laws sets increased energy efficiency and carbon emission standards of new
and existing domestic and commercial buildings and prohibits new fossil fuel boilers being installed in any property after 1st January 2026.
Minister for External Relations
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Intellectual Property Legislative changes to ensure Jersey s IP framework complies with Framework Reform the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific
Partnership (and FTAs more broadly).
Minister for Health and Social Services
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Capacity and Self- Second tranche of proposed changes to be developed and lodged in Determination (Jersey) 2024 for debate by the Assembly, to ensure that Jersey s legislation Law in 2016 continues to facilitate the delivery of person-centred care.
Mental Health Jersey Second tranche of proposed changes to be developed and lodged in Law 2016 2024 for debate by the Assembly, to ensure that Jersey s legislation
continues to facilitate the delivery of person-centred care.
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Draft Police Provide for detailed process for police complaints further to overarching (Complaints and primary legislation in 2022.
Conduct) (Jersey)
Regulations
Marriage and Civil Amendments to extend current time periods for the submission of Status (Jersey) Law 2001 documents and strengthening of offences.
Matrimonial Causes Amendments to introduce "no fault" divorce and others which help (Jersey) Law 1949 reduce conflict in the divorce process (similar amendments will also be and Civil Partnership made to the process for the dissolution of civil partnerships).
(Jersey) Law 2012
Prejudice Crime Law To provide for hate crime equivalent legislation in Jersey to meet
international norms.
Prison (Amendment Create a system of post-custodial supervision of people leaving prison. No. 8) (Jersey)
Pyrotechnic Articles To better regulate the sale and use of fireworks and associated (Jersey) Regulations pyrotechnics in Jersey.
202-
Minister for Housing and Communities
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Rates (Jersey) Law Data sharing in relation to vacant homes.
2005
Residential Tenancy Create a legal framework in respect of residential tenancies. (Jersey) Law 2024
Minister for Infrastructure
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Automatic driverless Creation of exemptions to allow for trials of automated driverless vehicle trials vehicles in Jersey.
Single-Use Plastics etc. Add the prohibition of disposable vapes under the Single-Use Plastics (Restrictions) (Jersey) etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Law 2021 to remove the environmental Law 2021 damage done by these items.
Minister for Social Security
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Community Costs New legislation to support cost of living payments. Bonus
Discrimination Law The result of the Jersey Opinion and Lifestyle survey, which
(Jersey) 2013 asked whether religious belief should be included as a protected
characteristic, will be known in November, a decision will be taken then on potential legislation.
Employment (Jersey) Enhance workers' rights (including Whistleblowing and neonatal rights). Law 2003
Income Support Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.
(Jersey) Law 2007
Long-Term Care Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.
(Jersey) Law 2012
Social Security (Bonus) Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.
(Jersey) Law 2014
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Social Security (Jersey) New assessment model for long term incapacity.
Law 1974
Social Security (Jersey) Updates to support current reviews and major IT project. Law 1974
Workplace Pension New framework legislation to provide for secondary pension. Scheme
Minister for Treasury and Resources
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Assistance in collection Assistance in collection of tax debts (Income Tax Law amend., other
amends, poss new Regs) in order to comply with the agreement with the UK.
Crypto-Asset Reporting Required in order to comply with new and evolving international Framework (CARF) standards.
Draft Multinational Implementation of Jersey's commitment to the OECD's two-pillar Taxation (Global Anti-Base initiative on tax issues arising from digitalising economy.
Erosion) (Jersey) Law
Finance Law 2025 Annual Finance Law to set the standard rate of income tax and (various amendments) legislate the Government's revenue and tax technical measures.
Taxation (Implementation) Amendments to the Common Reporting Standard Regulations to (International Tax improve domestic implementation.
Compliance) (Common
Reporting Standard)
(Jersey) Regulations 2015
Taxation (Implementation) Amendments to the FATCA Regulations to improve domestic (International Tax implementation.
Compliance) (United
States of America) (Jersey)
Regulations 2014
Version 2 of the Common Required in order to comply with new and evolving international Reporting Standard standards.
Non-Ministerial
Name of Legislation Brief Description
Interpretation Law Replacement of 1954 Law with modern Law providing for common
provisions for how legislation is to be read.
Family Courts The instructions ask for amendments to do three things: Registrars Change i. Replace all references to Registrar in legislation relating to of Title Law matrimonial causes and children with Family judge .
- Transfer functions of Judicial Greffier to theFamilyJudge.
- Add office of FamilyJudge to listinschedule 1 of Employment of States of JerseyEmployees(Jersey) Law sothat a familyjudgeisnot a statesemployee.
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