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WQ.275/2022
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY T.A. COLES OF ST. HELIER SOUTH QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2022 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2022
Question
“Will the Minister advise –
- how many of the key indicators presented in the Common Strategic Policy annexe are directly linked to the Jersey Performance Framework Indicators that are currently published as part of the Framework; and
- how many are new indicators for the Common Strategic Policy 2023-2026 and, of these, how they fit into the Jersey Performance Framework, if at all?”
Answer
- The Jersey Performance Framework (Jersey Performance Framework (gov.je) consists of the Island Outcomes and Indicators of sustainable wellbeing, along with the Service Performance Measures (Government departments' Performance Measures 2022) which measure the extent to which departments have achieved their in-year targets.
The majority of the indicators listed in the Monitoring Impact annex of the Common Strategic Policy have been sourced from the Island Outcomes and Indicators Framework that was based on the Future Jersey consultation with Islanders. There are 29 indicators listed in the annex; 17 are directly taken from the Island Outcomes and Indicators framework.
Two indicators are based on the departmental service performance measures – e.g. ‘Monitor the full suite of indicators on health service quality and waiting times’ references the suite of indicators contained within the Health and Community Services Performance Measures 2022 (gov.je) and the HCS Quality and Performance reports published quarterly Health and Community Services Quality and Performance Reports (gov.je)
- The annex highlights the following as new indicators:
• Increase % of young Islanders who see Jersey as the right place to build their careers and lives
• Reduce skills shortages in key sectors, through a skills barometer and training for Islanders
• Reduce gender-based violence
In addition we will also be adapting the way we publish data for the following indicators:
• ‘Increase the % of Islanders in each age group who report good or very good health’. At the moment there is an indicator that measures ill health (long-term health conditions that affects their day-to-day activities)
• ‘Increase % with access to open space at home’ is a new indicator
• ‘Increase wellbeing scores for pupils in Years 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12’ – this information is not currently within the Island Outcome Indicator framework but is published every two years in the Children and Young Persons Survey report.
The following indicators are variants on the measures in the Island Outcomes Indicators framework:
• The annex includes ‘Increase total GVA per person’ whereas the Island Outcome Indicator is GVA per Full Time Equivalent – there is value in both measures, which are produced by Statistics Jersey
• Increase the number of Islanders with qualifications above Level 4 – currently the Island Outcomes Indicators report on pupils achieving at Level 3
• ‘% who are satisfied with the area in which they live’ is an extension of the current indicator ‘% of St Helier residents who are very satisfied with St Helier as a place to live
• ‘reduce inequality in attainment for key groups (of children and families)’. Performance at KS2, GCSE etc is reported through the CYPES Service Performance Measures, but analyses to identify inequality is not yet published as part of the Jersey Performance Framework. The attainment for key groups, such as those in receipt of Jersey Premium, will be published within the planned CYPES attainment reports in 2023 (and subsequently) which will cover attainment at Key Stages 1 & 2, GCSE and A-Level and equivalent qualifications.
The Chief Statistician will work with departments to define and develop the indicators to support consistent reporting against the metrics in the Monitoring Impact annex of the CSP, in the context of the insight available from the whole suite of island outcomes and indicators.
Whether and how new indicators will be incorporated into the Jersey Performance Framework will be considered as part of a review initiated by the Chief Statistician of the data published within the Performance Framework. This aims to review/refresh the number of indicators, to make them more relevant, to improve their presentation and to make them easier to use. It is likely that the current suite of 192 Island Outcome Indicators and 223 Service Performance Measures will be reduced, but new indicators can be added.