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The allocation of monies in the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund and the Drugs Trafficking Confiscation Fund

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY CONNÉTABLE OF GROUVILLE

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 28th APRIL 2009

Question

Following the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2007 that the monies from the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund and the Drugs Trafficking Confiscation Fund should become part of the general revenues of the States, can the Minister explain what has happened to the Funds, advise whether any distributions have taken place and, if so, to whom?

Answer

The Treasury and Resources Minister  accepted in principle the recommendations in the Comptrollerand Auditor General's Confiscation Funds Report  to augment them into the States General Revenues.

Work is in progress to identify how best to implement the recommendations, particularly in relation to deciding what Law changes are necessary. The intention is to have augmented the Funds into the States general revenues for the 2010 financial year. However, this will be dependent on the timescales within which the Law changes can be achieved.

In the meantime, the Funds continue to be administered in accordance with the relevant Laws (Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 and Drug Trafficking Miscellaneous Provisions (Jersey) Law 1996).

Since the publication of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report in September 2007, the following grants have been issued from the Funds, in accordance with the Laws.

Drug Trafficking Confiscation Fund

 

Financial Year

Issued to

Brief description

£

2008

Health & Social Services/Home Affairs

Building a Safer Society – continuation of 5 year projects

527,000

2009

Health & Social Services/Home Affairs

Building a Safer Society – continuation of 5 year projects

534,000

 

 

 

1,061,000

Nov-07

Charity

2 year project run in partnership with Prison

100,000

Dec-08

Charity

Educational programme

5,000

 

 

 

105,000

Feb-08

Health & Social Services

Expansion of drug related programme

20,000

Jun-08

Health & Social Services

Drug related programme

12,000

Oct-08

Health & Social Services

Expansion of drug related programme

85,000

 

 

 

117,000

Nov-07

Customs & Immigration

Software package

304,000

Feb-08

Customs

Equipment

49,000

Feb-08

Police/customs

Equipment

40,000

Feb-08

Police

Equipment

56,000

Feb-08

Police

Equipment

21,000

Jun-08

Home affairs

Equipment

10,000

Oct-08 Police Information related 13,000 Oct-08 Customs Equipment 26,800 Oct-08 Prison Information related 50,000 Dec-08 Prison Equipment 20,000 589,800

Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund

Financial Year Issued to Brief description £

2008 Judicial Greffe Grant 310,000 2008 Law Officers Grant 745,000 2008 Viscount/ Bailiff /Home Court & Case costs 2,511,000

Affairs/Law Officers/Judicial

Greffe

3,566,000 2009 to date Judicial Greffe Grant 310,000

310,000