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Education and Home Affairs - Approved Panel Minutes - 18 September 2015

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Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date: 18th September 2015

 

Present

Deputy L. M. C. Doublet , Chairman Deputy J. M. Maçon, Vice-Chairman Deputy S. Y. Mezec

Apologies

 

Absent

 

In attendance

Deputy K. L. Moore , Minister for Home Affairs

Connetable D. W. Mezbourian , Assistant Minister for Home Affairs Mr T. Walker , Chief Officer, Community and Constitutional Affairs Mr M. James, Chief Fire Officer

Mr B. Taylor , Deputy Chief Officer, States of Jersey Police

Mrs E. Middleton, Finance Director, Home Affairs

Mr M. Robbins, Scrutiny Officer.

 

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Agenda matter

Action

Item 1 17.09.15

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1.  Medium Term Financial Plan

The Panel received Deputy K. L. Moore , Minister for Home Affairs, Connetable D. W. Mezbourian , Assistant Minister for Home Affairs, Mr T. Walker ,  Chief  Officer,  Community  and  Constitutional  Affairs,  Mr  M. James, Chief Fire Officer, Mr B. Taylor , Deputy Chief Officer, States of Jersey Police, Mrs E. Middleton, Finance Director, Home Affairs for a hearing where the Panel questioned the Minister on matters relating to the Medium Term Financial Plan. The hearing was recorded in order that a transcript could be made of the proceedings.

The Panel then considered the evidence it had heard at the hearings with the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture and the Minister for Home Affairs.  Whilst  it  was  concerned  over  the  manner  in  which  certain information had been provided to the Panel, it agreed that the Home Affairs Minister appeared to have resolved the areas that had caused the Panel concerns and there was nothing for the Panel to do in that area.

However, the Minister for education and Home affairs had allowed the Medium Term Financial Plan to remove £263,200 from his budget for 2015 after the impact of demographics had been taken into account. The Panel noted that as the Strategic Plan 2015-2018 held education as a strategic priority that required investment. Taking money out of education was considered to be contrary to that plan. The Panel agreed to lodge an amendment to P72/2015 Medium Term Financial Plan in order to try and recover that money for the department.

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