Committee/Panel: Corporate Services Panel | |
Launch Date: 4 October 2021 | |
Review Status: Report published | |
Review Report: Report - S.R.20-2021 Government Plan 2022-25 Review Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel - 10 December 2021.pdf | |
Ministerial Response: Government Plan 2022-2025 Scrutiny Review ( Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel) (S.R.20:2021): Joint response of the Chief Minister and the Minister for Treasury and Resources |

About
The Government Plan seeks to bring together public income and spending against the context of the stated strategic priorities of Government. It is a rolling four-year plan but is brought back and updated each year to take account of changes in the Island’s economic outlook. The Government Plan 2022 – 2025 is the second which has been published since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes made to financial forecasts to fund Government’s response to it.
Details of the plan include:
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Estimated income and expenditure of the Consolidated Fund
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Amounts to be internally transferred between States Funds
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Any other proposed financing
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Major projects and their proposed costs
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Estimated income and expenditure from States trading operations to be paid into the States Trading Operations Fund
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Amounts to be appropriated from the Consolidated and States Trading Operations Funds for the next financial year
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Estimated amounts in States Funds at the start and finish of each financial year
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Borrowing and Debt Management Frameworks
Key Issues:
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Will the Government Plan meet the requirements of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019?
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Will the Government Plan meet the Common Strategic Priorities?
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How have the projects been prioritised in line with the 'halt, defer, reduce' policy of the Government, and is expenditure appropriately apportioned to projects and departments?
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Does income balance with expenditure?
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Is the Government Plan fiscally sound and economically sustainable?
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Does the Government Plan follow the advice of the Fiscal Policy Panel and Income Forecasting Group?
Terms of reference
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To undertake a review of the sections/projects of the Government Plan 2022- 2025 which are most relevant to the remit of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel, using the following criteria as a guide:
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Where funding over £500,000 has been allocated
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Where funding has been withdrawn or decreased significantly from the previous year
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Where funding has been increased significantly from the previous year
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Projects which the Panels consider are of most concern (as a result of, for instance, delays, deferrals, overspends or because they are not in keeping with Common Strategic Priorities)
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Projects which have been identified as of concern by stakeholders
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Projects which are contentious and/or in the public eye
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Projects where insufficient information has been provided and more information is sought
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Concern is held on the project’s alignment with Common Strategic Priorities, social impact and impact upon children.
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To determine whether those projects align with Ongoing Initiatives, Common Themes and, ultimately, Common Strategic Priorities.
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To consider whether the resources allocated to the projects is sufficient or excessive.
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To review of the success or otherwise of projects agreed in the previous Government Plan for 2021.
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To assess the expected impact on the ongoing delivery of public services, by Minister, through rebalancing of Government finances.
Budget
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To examine income raising, borrowing and debt management proposals
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To explore how spending will be funded
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To clarify how States expenditure has materially evolved
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To ascertain individual departmental budgets and their feasibility based on future spending
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To examine the deliverability of capital projects
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To consider rebalancing and borrowing plans being sufficient or excessive to meet stated aims
Financial, Economic and Growth Forecasts
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To examine the levels of income against expenditure
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To examine the assumptions made for the economic forecasts
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To explore the impact of the financial and economic forecasts in Government Plan 2022 on the Stabilisation Fund
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To explore the continued impact of Covid-19 on the ‘financial envelope’
Design and Implementation of the Government Plan
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To assess reserves; their use, and how they are allocated
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To consider how the treatment of contingencies/reserves, or any other areas of non-routine proposals have evolved in respect of the Government Plan
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To consider the overall fiscal soundness of the Government Plan
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Submission - Government Plan Review 2022-25 - Unite the Union submission - 18 November 2021 Submission - Government Plan Review 2022-25 - JCSA Prospect - 12 November 2021 Submission - Government Plan Review 2022-25 - Jersey Hospitality Association - 12 November 2021 Submission - Government Plan Review 2022-25 - CITIMA - 5 November 2021
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Transcript - Government Plan 2022-25 Review - Minister for Treasury and Resources - 12 November 2021 Transcript - Corporate Services Government Plan 22-25 Review - Chief Minister - 5 November 2021 Transcript - Corporate Services Government Plan 22-25 Review - Chief Minister - 22 October 2021 Transcript - Corporate Services Government Plan 22-25 Review - Minister for Treasury and Resources - 12 October 2021