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Public Accounts Committee Agenda
Date: Monday 29 March 2021
Time: 1pm – 4:00pm
Venue: TEAMS (please note this will not be a hybrid' meeting)
The meeting is closed to the public under Standing Order 138(6) of the States of Jersey except for the Public Hearing between 2-3.30pm.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
- Minutes
To approve the private and public minutes of 8 March 2021
- Declaration of Interests
To declare interests in accordance with the Code of Practice.
COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL (C&AG)
- Audit Plan Update
To receive an update from the C&AG on the audit plan for 2021
- States Employment Board (SEB) Follow Up
To receive a project specification on the planned follow up review of SEB
PRIVATE BRIEFING
- Public Hearing with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief of Staff (CoS)
To welcome the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief of Staff to a public hearing at 2pm
- Question Plan (to follow)
- Confidential paper from COO on ICT programme (circulated on TEAMS only)
- Chief Ministers Report on the Use of Consultants from January to June 2020 (data table circulated separately)
- Complaints Board Report (circulated separately)
PAC REVIEWS
- Estate Management
a. To receive a verbal update on the progress of the sub-group.
- Performance Management
a. To receive a verbal update on the progress of the sub-group.
- 2020 Annual Report and Accounts
To consider a proposal that the Performance Management subgroup review the States Annual Report and Accounts and consider next steps, including a question plan for the separate private briefings with Mazars and the CEO on 12th April 2021.
PAC MATTERS
- Work Programme
To receive an updated work programme for 2021
- Citizens' Panels
To consider scrutinising the use of Citizens Panels by the Government:
- Draft proposal
- Response letter from CEO
- To approve the presentation to the States of the Executive Response
- To consider and approve an interim Comments Paper
- Appointing Independent IT Adviser
To consider steps to take including:
- Setting ToR/Scope of review/piece of work that the adviser will comment on
- Engagement/ invitation to apply process
- Selection process
- Engagement Brief to be drawn up and agreed
- Performance of PAC
To consider what quantitative targets should be set, based on parameters to be established in forthcoming States Assembly (Scrutiny Section) Annual Report.
- Next meeting
To note that the PAC's next meeting will take place at 1pm – 4pm on Monday 12 April 2021, including a private briefing with Mazars, external auditors for the States and a private briefing from the new Chief Executive (via TEAMS)