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The Parade, St Helier JE4 8UL

1st September 2017 Dear Alan

Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel – Quarterly Hearing Information Requests

I wrote to you on 7th July 2017 to follow up on the commitments you gave during a quarterly public hearing with this Panel on Monday 3rd July to provide us with a number of pieces of information.

The information we requested was straightforward and, in most cases, we would have expected you to have been able to provide the answers during the public hearing. However, you committed to provide the information after the hearing and we provided a reasonable timeframe of two weeks for you to do so.

We asked for you to respond by 21st July and we are disappointed that as yet (six weeks after the deadline), we have still not received your response.

I have enclosed our original letter together with the list of information requested. We would be grateful if the information could be provided without further delay.

Whilst writing, I note that the deadline for providing the Ministerial Response to the Panel's report on the Jersey International Finance Centre was 25th August 2017. The response to this report is now overdue and we would expect you to either provide the report immediately, or advise us that you will require additional time (as provided in the Code of Practice for Scrutiny Panels) and publish an interim report in the meantime.

I look forward to your immediate reply on both of the above matters. Yours sincerely

Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré

Chairman, Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

The Parade, St Helier JE4 8UL

7th July 2017 Dear Alan

Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel – Quarterly Hearing Information Requests

During the quarterly public hearing with this Panel on Monday 3rd July, you committed to providing us with a number of pieces of information.

We have enclosed, as an appendix to this letter, a list of the information requested. We would ask that you complete the enclosed table with the required information.

It is the Panel's intention to publish the information in full in due course.

In order for this to be concluded in a timely manner, please could you provide your answers by 21st July 2017.

Yours sincerely

DCephautyirm anJ.A, .CNorpora. Le FotendSrervé ices ScrutCOPYiny Panel

Information requested	Minister's response
Total spend to date on the Hospital funding strategy To include total costs of Treasury staff time
Total remaining budget available for the Future Hospital project
How much of the increase in tax revenue in 2016 was due to an increase in the number of taxpayers in 2016?
Clarification of the "Part of Public Square" listed to be sold in the States of Jersey Development
Company 2016 Accounts (Note 8). Clarify the
Public Square concerned and the specific part to be sold and the reason for sale.
In relation to the assets held for sale as per note 8 of SOJDC 2016 Accounts; explain the reason	COPY
for not complying with the exit strategy approved by the States in Appendix 5 of P.73/2010. For example, in P.73/2010, the Waterfront Hotel is listed as "Transfer to Jersey Property Holdings", however it has now been sold by SOJDC.
Clarification on why the annual dividend paid by SOJDC (representing car park income from the Esplanade car park as per R.7/2012) has

stopped with effect from the 2016 accounting period.
Confirm the work being undertaken by the chief statistician on reconciling the taxpayer base, as per paragraph 3.4 of Work Stream 2 in R.30/2017, Review of Personal Tax.

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Corporate Services to Minister TRY re quarterly hearing follow up - Letter - 1 Sept 2017