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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. JOHN
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 23rd NOVEMBER 2004
Question
Would the President inform members –
( a ) w h e ther any civil servants have been dismissed from the Civil Service for having outside financial
interests, and, if so, whether these involved trade with other States departments: if the answer is in the affirmative, could the President give details of the numbers of personnel over the last five years dismissed from their posts? and,
( b ) w h e ther the Committee will review putting in place a register of civil servants outside financial
interests, and, if not, the reasons why?
Answer
- Nocivilservants have been dismissed as a result of havingoutside financial interests.
- Under the Civil Service Administration Rules and a Code of Conduct that applies to all public sector employees,it is incumbentupon a civil servant to declare any business interest which conflicts with his/her role as a public sector employee. This matter must be reported to his/her senior manager and would subsequently berecorded in the employee'spersonal file. Any failure tomake such a declaration would be regarded as a serious breach of those rules and would lead to disciplinary action, whichcouldresultin possible dismissal.For this reason, itisnot considered necessary to introduce a register of civil servants' outside financial interests.