Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme.

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A decision made (13/03/2009) regarding: Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme.

Decision Reference: MD-E-2009-0042
Decision Summary Title:	Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme		Date of Decision Summary:	09 March 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Strategy Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme		Date of Written Report:	4 March 2009
Written Report Author:	Strategy Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme - extension to Jersey.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the extension of the Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme to Jersey.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister, having taken into account the experience which will have been gained by the BBC in administering the Digital Switchover Targeted Help Scheme in the UK, considered that the BBC were best suited to administer the Scheme in Jersey.
Resource Implications: There will be no additional resources required from the States.
Action required: The Director of Regulatory Services to write to the Director of Policy for the Digital Switchover Help Scheme accepting the offer from the BBC to extend the Targeted Help Scheme to Jersey. The Director of Regulatory Services to write to the Chief Officer of Social Security advising him of this decision. The Director of Regulatory Services to write to the Data Protection Commissioner requesting confirmation that the methodology to be used in targeting those people eligible for the Targeted Help Scheme is within the constraints of the data protection legislation.
Signature: Senator A.J.H.Maclean		Position: Minister for Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: