Delegation of Functions: Jersey Redress Scheme

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A decision made 21 June 2019:

Ministerial decision reference: MD-C-2019-0070
Decision summary title: Jersey Redress Scheme delegation to Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services/Minister for Children and Housing and delegation to Independent Panel
Decision summary author	Director, Social Policy	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title: Jersey Redress Scheme – delegations
Report author or name of person giving report	Director, Social Policy	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Council of Ministers (CoM) determined on 3 April that a Jersey Redress Scheme would be launched on 1 July 2019, providing redress to people who, as children, were abused or suffered harm between 9 May 1945 and 31 December 2005; whilst a resident in a Government of Jersey children’s home whilst in a Government of Jersey foster care placement whilst accommodated at Les Chênes secure residential unit. Further to that decision, the Chief Minister determined to delegate to: a) Senator Mézec, in his role as Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services with specific responsibility for the political oversight of Children’s Service, and, in his role as Minister for Children and Housing, responsibility for the political oversight of the Redress Scheme b) the Independent Panel to be established under the Redress Scheme, powers to determine principles relating to the admissibility of claims/part of claims which do not fully meet the scheme criteria.
Resource implications: There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.
Action required To request the Greffier of the States to arrange for this Ministerial decision to be presented to the States.
Signature			Position Senator J. Le Fondré Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision