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WQ.489/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY S.Y. MÉZEC OF ST. HELIER SOUTH QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 4th DECEMBER 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 11th DECEMBER 2023
Question
“Regarding the plans to relocate Government operations from the office on Broad Street to the newly built office on the old Cyril Le Marquand House site, will the Chief Minister provide –
- an estimated date for completion of the new premises;
- an estimated date for the opening of the new office to the public;
- the total allocated budget for the move; and
- confirmation whether the facilities and equipment currently inuse in Broad Street will be relocated to the new office, or whether entirely new facilities and equipment will be purchased?”
Answer
- The estimated date for practical completion is the end of July 2024.
- The estimated date for the opening of the office to the public is December 2024, following phased occupation by Government of Jersey personnel between September and December.
- The total allocated budget for the move is £510,000, which includes the transfer of staff and team storageitems and the decant of other equipment, including monitors, workstations, printers, recycling bins, safes and other office items.
- Fixtures and fittings, such asdesks and chairs, etc, will be returned to the landlords on termination ofthe occupation, as required by the Broad St offices lease. Any additional items that the Government of Jersey has purchased for departments inBroad Street will be offered to other Government of Jersey colleagues in other buildings and then offered to charities or disposed of carefully and as sustainably as possible. Specialist items, such as photocopiers, are leased by the Government of Jersey and will be transferred to the new building together with Government of Jersey owned audio/visual equipment. The fixtures and fittings inthenew office building will be provided new under the Development Agreement.