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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY T.M. PITMAN OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 23rd MARCH 2010
Question
"Having agreed to defer my proposition P.201/2009 ('Strategy for dealing with young offenders: establishment of a working group') to await any developments arising from related work being undertaken under Mr. Andrew Williamson relating to the creation of a Children's Plan for Jersey', will the Minister advise as to what stage this work has now reached and when he expects it to be concluded?"
Answer
Although this question is being asked of me, I am responding on behalf of the Child Policy Group.
The Children's Plan is the responsibility of the Child Policy Group, which consists of the Ministers for Health and Social Services, Education Sport & Culture and Home Affairs, the Chief Probation Officer and the three other relevant Chief Officers.
Since I last reported to the States, the following have occurred: -
- scoping workhas been completedin relation tothecontents and themestobeincludedin the C h ildren's Plan including the managementofchildrenwithin the Criminal Justice System;
- an Executive Officer has been appointed to provide supportandmanagement to the Child P o licyGroup in relation to this project;
- AndrewWilliamson,who is acting as theTransitionalDirector for Children'sServices, has c o ntracted a person, who has previously had experience of similar work intheUK, to draft th e Children'sPlan;
- by the end ofAprilweshould have in place a timetableand a worked out process for the d e velopmentof the project.
It is anticipated that the Children's Plan will be presented to the States before the end of this year.