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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARTIN
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 19th JANUARY 2010
Question
With reference to the suspension of the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police will the Minister inform Members –
- the date when the WiltshireConstabularywas appointed toundertake to investigation?
- the termsofreferencefor the investigation?
- the amount paid totheWiltshireConstabularyasat31stDecember 2009?
- the cost to cover the duties notbeing undertaken bythesuspended Chief Officer asat31stDecember 2009?
- the predicted date for the completion ofthe investigation bytheWiltshireConstabulary?
- the predicted total cost of the investigation by the Wiltshire Constabulary?
- the predicted total cost ofcovering the duties not being undertakenby the suspended Chief Officer?
Answer
- The appointmentwas made on the 1stDecember 2008.
- It isnot appropriate for me to answer this section of the question due to confidentiality issues.
- The amount paid to the Wiltshire Constabulary from commencement of the investigation to 31st December2009was £571,879. It should be noted that there has been some overlap of costs with the investigation into OperationBlastas Officers from Wiltshire Constabularyhave been workingon both investigations and sharing resources such as travel and accommodation.
- The cost of covering the suspended Chief Officer from the date of his suspensionto 31st December 2009 was£145,100.
- The Deputy Chief Executive has advised that the scheduled date for completion of the Wiltshire Constabulary investigation is the end ofJanuary2010,which hopefully will beachieved.
- Based on the above completion date the predicted total cost of the investigation by the Wiltshire Constabularyis£578,000.
- It is not possibleformeto predict this withoutmakingassumptions. However,thepredictedtotalcost of covering the duties not being undertaken by the suspended Chief Officer, were he to remain suspendeduntiltheend of his term of office in December2010 is £305,200.