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States Greffe
Deputy Kirsten Morel
Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
BY EMAIL
8th March 2023
Dear Minister,
I am writing in regards to the Ministerial Response to the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Report following its review of the Government Plan (S.R.22/2022 Res.(3)). Having considered the response we have identified a number of areas for which further clarification would be useful:
• As detailed in response to finding 19 and recommendation 1, commercially sensitive information, although provided directly to the Panel, remains exempt under Article 33 of the Freedom of Information Law. Please could you outline the process of deciding which information is exempt under that Law and if you have considered, or are willing to consider, partial publication to provide wider understanding of costs?
• Noting the response to finding 9 and recommendations 6 and 8:
- can the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to specific programmes and advisory support provided by Jersey Business and KPIs of all other arms-length organisations (ALO) under your remit be provided, with any relevant results, and confirmation whether those KPIs were set by yourself, departmental Officers or the ALO; and
- with respect to the annual independent surveys by 4insight commissioned by Jersey Business, please also advise on the extent to which yourself, departmental Officers or Jersey Business has influenced the content of the survey and how the Net-Promoter Score is appraised by yourself and departmental Officers to demonstrate and measure the continued value of Jersey Business to Jersey's economy?
• Noting the closure of the Jersey Aircraft Registry, can you confirm reallocation of funding implications of Local Economy I-ECON-GP23-005 which included aviation as an area of work. Could further clarification also be provided by you on the basis on which operational responsibility for the Jersey Aircraft Registry was transferred to Ports of Jersey and any further resourcing implications for 2023?
• The response to recommendation 9 notes that the Department for Treasury and Exchequer manage contingency funding for all capital projects centrally to ensure contingency underspends are effectively managed; could you provide further clarification of how underspend will be reallocated and could you further advise how of the potential for capital overspends will be prepared for.
We would be grateful if you could provide the information requested by Friday 17th March 2023. Yours sincerely,
Deputy Moz Scott
Chair
Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel