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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY SENATOR J.L. PERCHARD
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY, 30th JANUARY 2007
Question
The Community Safety Fund was established in 1998 after the first sale of special' number plates by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Department, would the Minister -
- provide members with the current balance of the fund.?
- provide members with details of the fund's annual income since 1998?
- provide members with itemised details of how the fund has been applied since 1998?
- provide members with agreed criteria for making grants?
- inform members whether the Safety Grants Panel is still active or of the arrangements now in place to administer the fund?
Answer
- £250,866
- Schedule 1 (attached) details annual income since 1998.
- Schedule 2 (attached) details how the funds have been applied since 1998.
- The main objective of the Safety Grants Panel is to finance projects which enhance community safety or raise awareness on community safety issues.
In the past, the Panel was chaired by a Committee member, other than the President. The Assistant Minister may be seen as the appropriate replacement under the Ministerial system, but this is a matter for the Minister for Transport and Technical Services. At the time that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Department, which administers the scheme, was transferred to the Transport and Technical Services Department, the other Panel members were:
Head of Driver and Vehicle Standards Directorate Manager, Social Services Chief Inspector, States of Jersey Police Senior Fire Safety Officer
Finance and Administration Manager
The Panel held allocation meetings whenever applications were received rather than on a periodic basis. Any organisation, whether voluntary or public, can apply for funding, but projects considered for funding must meet the following criteria:
- Beneficial to the community at large,
- For one-off items of expenditure only,
- For innovative ideas,
- Not restricted financially, subject to the balance in the fund,
- Island based,
- For anything which would significantly enhance community safety and for which there is no or insufficient public funding,
- Directly related to community safety.
- As far as I am aware, the Safety Grants Panel has not met since responsibility for Driver and Vehicle Standards (which oversees the scheme) was transferred to the Transport and Technical Services Department in April 2006. I wrote to the Minister for Transport and Technical Services on the 20th December 2006, suggesting that he reconstitute the panel and advising him that I would be in a position to transfer the fund to him in January. I wrote again to the Minister for Transport and Technical Services on the 26th January 2007 notifying him that I was now releasing the balance of the Fund.
SCHEDULE 1
SAFETY GRANTS FUND Income Statement 1998-2006
YEAR | INCOME |
| £ |
1998 | 26,300 |
1999 | 120,000 |
2000 | 51,000 |
2001 | 40,080 |
2002 | 115,000 |
2003 | 84,760 |
2004 | 70,000 |
2005 | 109,000 |
2006 | 0 |
TOTAL INCOME | 616,140 |
SCHEDULE 2
SAFETY GRANTS PANEL
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE 1998 TO 2006
£
Fire & Rescue Service
Parish of St Brelade
Parish of St John Parish of St Lawrence
Parish of St Clement Parish of St Saviour Parish of St Peter Parish of Trinity
Parish of Grouville Total
1998
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
Smoke Detectors for Senior Citizens Campaign
20,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
1,000 1,000 500 600 200
26,300
Societe Jersaise-Green Island stabilisation works Network to prevent abuse and violence
CI Air Search-Infra Red Detection
equipment
Child Accident Prevention-Inter Island Child Safety in Action Week Education-Student Survival
Guide
Victim Support- Centre Point- Minibus
Order of St John-towards First Aid Mobile Unit Jersey Youth Trust-Cyber Café Minden
Base
States of Jersey Police-Road Safety
Initiative
Driver & Vehicles Standards-Baby seats for taxis/cabs
Total
1999
Health & Social Services-Rmas Training(Risk Management)
Jersey Women's Refuge-Office equipment and website development Victim's Charter
Water Safety Project for Jersey Schools
Crime Stoppers Display Board
Jersey Road Safety Panel-To much Punch for Judy
Total 2000
Jersey Layman's Guide to Family Issues Motorcycle training D' Hautree
Fire Service-Smoke alarms for the hard of hearing Crimestoppers
Family Nursing-Safety equipment for needy families
3,000 6,000
25,000 3,000
700 5,000
7,500 2,000
10,000 3,500 1,000
66,700
4,500 3,600 2,300 7,000 1,984 3,500
22,884
5,000 1,003 4,750 1,500 2,000
Other 4,210
Total
2001 18,463 Child Accident Prevention Jersey-Child Accident
Video 15,000 Ambulance Service-Defibrillators Patient Transport Vehicles 30,000
Fire & Rescue Service-Hazard Warning Signs 3,000
Jersey Road Safety Panel-SpeedVISOR 7,380
Total
2002 55,380
Fire & Rescue Service-Smoke Alarms (vulnerable individuals) 6,600
Jersey Road Safety Panel-SpeedVISOR 900 Ambulance Service-Community Alarms 35,000
Prison Me! No Way! 10,000
Fire & Rescue Service-Community Safety Resource Guide 2,000
Total
2003 54,500
Admin Costs 25
Honorary Police Publicity Material 5,775 DVS-Portakabins 4,500
Child Accident Prevention- Video Mascot 6,000
Prison Me! No Way!-5 Year Sponsorship 40,000
Child Accident Prevention- Video(Fire Safety) 7,500
Fire & Rescue Service-Smoke Alarms 6,500
Fire & Rescue Service-Smoke Alarms 16,000
Total
2004 86,300 Public Services-Tactile Cones Pedestrian light
Crossing 2,400
Family Nursing & Home Care(Child Safety Video) 2,250
St Brelade Youth Club (Youth Outdoor Shelter) 5,000
People Against Crime(Personal Attack Alarms) 2,560
Admin costs 37
Total
2005 12,247
SOJ Police-Firearms Radios 15,000
Headway Cycle Helmet Initiative DVD 7,500
Total
2005 22,500 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 365,274