
Friday 10 March 2023 - Project Specification
Friday 10 March 2023 - Project Specification
Topics: COVID-19
Departments: All
Sector: All
Project Specification: pdf (233.61 KB)
Download in full ↓The rapidly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during 2020 and 2021, called for an extraordinary response from Government as it has sought to save lives and protect health and livelihoods in Jersey. During 2020 and 2021 the primary focus of Government was on implementing emergency measures to protect Islanders. Towards the later stages of 2021 the focus shifted to include recovery and, in particular, addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, on social issues and on health-related issues. The total projected costs of the Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2026 is estimated as £363 million.
Economy
The Co-Funded Payroll Scheme (CFPS) was the Government’s primary response to the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFPS represented the biggest economic intervention made by Government in Jersey’s history. At its peak, the CFPS supported more than 15,000 jobs and 3,500 businesses at a monthly cost of £21 million. One of the key objectives of the CFPS was to support a robust economic recovery with the aim of enabling nominal Gross Value Added (GVA) in each of Jersey’s sectors to return to pre-crisis (2019) levels by 2022 at the latest.
Other economic recovery schemes were also put in place to support businesses. These included the Fixed Costs Support Scheme, the Business Disruption Loan Guarantee Scheme and sector-specific schemes.
On 18 November 2020, the States agreed to establish a £50 million Fiscal Stimulus Fund to support economic recovery. The Fund was intended to provide targeted, temporary funding for projects at no more than £5 million per project. It was expected that the projects would be completed by December 2021. The Fiscal Stimulus Fund was reduced to £29,641,000 in an amendment to the Government Plan 2022-25.
Social
COVID-19 Health and Social Recovery plans were developed in recognition of the wider health and wellbeing impacts of the pandemic. A Political Oversight Group was convened to select projects for 2022 and 2023.
Projects identified for support include:
Health-related
In early 2021 the Health and Community Services department (HCS) produced a recovery plan for all services materially affected by COVID-19 disruption. All HCS services were reviewed and those that had been particularly impacted by COVID-19 outlined their plans to return to pre-COVID business as usual positions.
The review will evaluate:
The review will build on previous C&AG reports relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular the review will include a follow up on the recommendations made in the following C&AG reports:
The objectives and/or scope of the review may be amended in the course of the review in the light of emerging findings or other matters arising.
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