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Public Accounts Committee - Approved Committee Minutes - 3 February 2014

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Public Accounts Committee

Record of Meeting

Date: 3rd February 2014 Meeting No: 40

 

Present

Deputy T. Vallois, Chairman Senator S.C. Ferguson Deputy G.C.L. Baudains Deputy R. Rondel

Mr. R. Parker

Apologies

Mr. J. Mills, C.B.E. Mr. I. Ridgway

Absent

 

In attendance

Mrs. K .McConnell, Comptroller and Auditor General

Mr. I. Clarkson, Officer to the Public Accounts Committee Mrs. E. Turner, Scrutiny Officer, States Greffe

 

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Agenda matter

Action

 

1.  Records of Meetings

The  record  of  the  meeting  held  on  13th  January  2014  was approved.

 

 

2.  Conflicts of Interest

Deputy R. Rondel declared a potential financial interest in respect of the Committee's pending review of grants and subsidies.

 

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3. Integrated Care Records

The Committee noted that further documentation requested from the Health and Social Services Department (HSSD) was due to be provided by 7th February 2014. Additional briefing packs would then be collated and distributed to members at or prior to the next scheduled meeting.

The Committee was advised that its officers were due to meet with the  Director  of  Finance  and  Information,  Health  and  Social Services Department on 5th February to discuss the history of the ICR programme and the scope of the Committee's review.

The  Committee  instructed  officers  to  prepare  a  further  status report   to  include  an  initial  summary  of  the  additional documentation  provided  by  HSSD   for  consideration  at  the Committee's next scheduled meeting.

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4. Canbedone Productions Limited Grant

The  Committee  considered  a  draft  supplementary  report concerning the £200,000 grant to UK film company Canbedone Productions Limited.

The broad structure of the report was confirmed and a series of

 

 

revisions to the text were made. It was agreed that members would submit to the Committee's officer any additional feedback on the draft by 6th February. In the intervening period the officer would make further enquiries concerning what appeared to be a further anomaly affecting the Canbedone contract.

The Committee's officer was instructed to prepare a further draft for electronic circulation prior to the Committee's next scheduled meeting.

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5. Grants and Subsidies

The Committee observed that limited progress had been made on this review since November 2013. Member and officer capacity were acknowledged as relevant factors.

The Committee was advised that the Chief Internal Auditor's work programme for 2014 now intended to cover similar ground to that of the Committee's own grants and subsidies review. A review of the Energy Efficiency Service had already been completed and a draft report was being prepared.

The Committee was invited to consider options for restructuring the  grants  and  subsidies  review  in  the  context  of  its  work programme for 2014. It agreed that the Committee's officer should meet with the lead member prior to the end of February 2014 and consider whether to amend and / or scale back the intended scope of the review.

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6. Comptroller and Auditor General: work programme

The Committee –

  1. noted  a  draft  project  specification  for a  review  of governance  concerning  the  Housing  Transformation Programme, and
  2. received  an  oral  update  regarding  progress  against  the Jersey Audit Office Audit Plan.

 

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7. Future meetings

The Committee noted that its next meeting would commence at 12:30 pm on 3rd March in the Blampied Room.

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