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States Greffe: Scrutiny
Senator John Le Fondré Chief Minister
By email
3rd July 2020 Dear Minister
Safer Travel Guidelines Review Panel
I write to inform you that the Scrutiny Liaison Committee has approved the formation of the Safer Travel Guidelines Review Panel (the Panel).
The Panel will undertake a review of the Safer Travel Guidelines over the coming weeks. I have attached the Panel's Terms of Reference for your information.
As I'm sure you can appreciate, this is a large piece of work that needs to be undertaken in a short space of time. I am positive that I can rely on your full cooperation with the Panel and that you, or the relevant Minister, will be available for a hearing at a date to be arranged through Officers.
To aid the Panel in our work, could you please provide the following initial information by way of background:
• Who has Ministerial responsibility for the Safe Travel Guidance?
• What format/s is the Safer Travel Guidance available in? I.e. is the website the only place this information can be accessed?
• Is the guidance available in multiple languages and in other accessible formats?
• How many testing centres are there on the Island and where are they located?
• Should an arriving passenger not be able to be tested at the port of arrival, will transport be arranged to an alternative testing facility?
• What are the hours and capacity of the helpline?
• Does the form ask for a home address for visitors to Jersey or only a Jersey address?
• Can you please provide the full form?
• How will travellers coming for short stays be treated given that they may not have test results before leaving Jersey?
• How will travellers arriving by private craft (air or sea) be treated?
• How many passengers are expected to arrive in Jersey by plane a ferry over the next 6
weeks?
• Is the policy no form, no travel?
Scrutiny Office | States Greffe | Morier House | St Helier | Jersey | JE1 1DD Tel: 01534 441080 | Fax: 01534 441077 | email: scrutiny@gov.je
• How will you ensure daily contact with all arriving passengers in Jersey, especially if their phone network does not allow access in Jersey?
• How many sampling phone calls do you expect the team to make?
• How and when will updates to the guidance be reflected (for example any changes arising from the debate in the Assembly)?
• When will the guidance be reviewed?
Given the rapidly changing nature of this subject, I would appreciate a response by Wednesday 8th July. Please contact the Panel Officer, Gary Eisner, for any further details or clarification via email at g.eisner@gov.je.
I also request that a briefing is provided to the Panel by the lead officers and the responsible Minister on or before Friday 10th July 2020.
We look forward to working with you and thank you in advance for your assistance on this issue and I have attached the Panel's Terms of Reference and membership for your information.
Yours sincerely
Deputy Robert Ward
Chair, Safe Travel Guidelines Review Panel
Safer Travel Review Panel
Terms of reference
To review the Government's Safer Travel Guidance in relation to passengers arriving in Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a view to assessing their:
• Suitability to Jersey
• Clarity
• Accessibility
• Flexibility
• Responsiveness to changes in the pandemic, and
• Impact on Jersey
Panel Membership
Deputy Rob Ward , Chair
Deputy Kevin Pamplin
Deputy Inna Gardiner
Deputy Trevor Pointon
Deputy Mike Higgins
Connétable Sadie Le Sueur -Rennard