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Corporate Services to TRY Minister re Quarterly Hearing follow up - Letter - 7 July 2017

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Scrutiny Office

Senator A.J.H. Maclean

Minister for Treasury and Resources PO Box 353, Cyril Le Marquand House 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

Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré

Chairman, Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Scrutiny Office | States Greffe | Morier House | St Helier | Jersey | JE1 1DD Tel: 01534 441080 | Fax: 01534 441077 | email: scrutiny@gov.je

 

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

 

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.