Questions

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• Title:	An assessment of where and how the private sector in Jersey will take up the slack caused by the public sector job and service cuts
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	02/11/2010
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  Answer A significant proportion of the proposed CSR cost savings will be achieved without reductions in jobs, through increasing efficiencies and changing how services are …

• Title:	The size, cost and qualifications of the corporate procurement team and identify their savings targets and performances
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	02/11/2010
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  Will he further publish the areas and products/services where these savings have been made identifying the quantum of savings in each case … Answer Table A below details the number …

• Title:	Economic data that explains the economy has come out of recession can economy withstand the proposed public sector cuts
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	12/10/2010
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  Answer   The Minister has never said that the economy has ‘come out of recession … Rather just that the latest forecasts from both the Economics Unit and the Fiscal Policy Panel …

• Title:	What is the trend rate of economic growth for the Jersey economy for the last ten years
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	30/11/2010
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  Answer The average rate of growth in real terms GVA between 1999 and 2009 (growth in each year is shown in the table below as published by the Statistics Unit) was -0.5%. This …

• Title:	What is the latest estimate of the tax revenue lost to the Treasury since the zero/ten tax regime, whereby foreign-owned trading companies operating in Jersey pay no taxes in the Island
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	06/07/2010
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  Deputy E.J. Noel (Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources -rapporteur … The best estimate of the tax lost is £7.2 million at best and £7.8 million at worst …

• Title:	What is the amount of archive space being rented each year by each States department from the public sector and private sector
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	19/01/2010
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  Answer   It is not possible to produce the information within the timeframe required for this response … To produce the required answers would require significant resources to be …

• Title:	Resources required to provide data relating to archived storage across States departments
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	02/02/2010
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  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): The Deputy seeks information on both the amount of archive space being rented each year and the cost this storage …

• Title:	Does the Minister propose bringing in any additional economic data gathering measures such as the level of lending of banks and other finance providers
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	01/11/2010
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  Does the Minister consider up to date and comprehensive data important for policy formation and measuring the state of the Jersey economy … Answer There are no plans to collect …

• Title:	Will the Minister publish all papers and correspondence between ECOFIN and those acting on its behalf and authorities in Jersey to enable Members to determine for themselves that Jersey has complied with the E.U. Code
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	30/11/2010
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  Deputy M.R. Higgins of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the … publication of correspondence between ECOFIN and the authorities in … I just refer the Deputy to what I …

• Title:	What contingency plans, if any, does the Minister have to deal with a situation where external factors cause a slow or rapid exit of banks from Jersey
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	23/03/2010
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  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources … Undoubtedly 2009 was a difficult year for the financial services sector around the world, however there are no signs …

• Title:	In the current economic climate, is it correct to engage in £65 million of cuts to public sector spending, if the proposals push Jersey economy back into or prolong the recession will there be a delay in the cuts
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	19/10/2010
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  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources … I think it is vitally important that we take difficult decisions now to return our public finances to balance by 2013 …

• Title:	What is the research and estimates for the number of private sector job losses expected due to cuts in public spending
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	02/11/2010
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  Answer Very few if any private sector job losses are expected to occur as a result of the proposals to cut public spending and raise taxes … With specific regard to reductions in …