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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER BY THE DEPUTY OF GROUVILLE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 18TH JULY 2017
Question
In relation to administration of Control of Housing and Work legislation, will the Chief Minister –
- provide details of the employment quotas or numbers (broken down by Entitled / Licensed / Registered categories) allocated to those organisations which employ more than 50 staff;
- state how those quotas or numbers are broken down per sector and per firm, including States Departments and quangos' (but excluding the Hospital);
- explain what criteria are used to decide the allocation per firm and how quota numbers are arrived at;
- explain what measures, if any, he has in place to control the number of Registered people coming into the Island to service the construction industry, given that the industry is currently booming in Jersey; and
- state whether there is any plan in place to halt States building developments, to ensure employment resources in this market are not all drawn upon at the same time?
Answer
(a) and (b)
The table below shows the permissions held for registered and licenced staff, by sector, of businesses (including arms-length bodies) which employed more than 50 staff on 31st December, 2016.
The public sector figures include the Health and Social Services Department as that is how the public sector reports under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law, 2012.
The figures for individual companies are not made public.
Standard Classification Codes | Permitted Registered Staff | Permitted Licensed Staff |
Agriculture and fishing | 785 | 2 |
Manufacturing | 13 | 6 |
Construction and quarrying | 281 | 25 |
Electricity gas and water supply | 33 | 13 |
Wholesale and retail trades | 681 | 44 |
Hotels, restaurants & bars | 2,047 | 21 |
Transport, storage and communication | 171 | 77 |
Computer and related activities | 61 | 18 |
Financial and legal activities | 1,019 | 913 |
Real estate and other business activities | 408 | 3 |
Education, health and other services | 353 | 116 |
States of Jersey | 180 | 699 |
TOTAL: | 6,032 | 1,937 |
(c)
The published "Business Licensing Guidance", available at www.gov.je, outlines how decisions are taken on the granting of permissions for registered and licenced staff, including the role of the Housing and Work Advisory Group.
(d) and e)
The construction sector is growing considerably as new offices, homes and infrastructure are developed. Permissions are being granted in support of this, in recognition of the importance of this infrastructure for Islanders and economic growth. The public sector is contributing to this through Andium Homes and the Department for Infrastructure, and in due course the hospital. These works are essential and it is important that permissions are granted where needed, and when resident labour is not available.