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Request
Please kindly state:
Question 1
A
When was Andrew Carter first recruited to conduct work for Government of Jersey?
B
Who recruited Mr Carter? Was a third-party search firm involved?
C
And who was on his interview panel and acted as technical assessor?
D
How much has been paid to him directly and any associated company / companies since this date?
E
Was this on a single contract or a number of contracts?
F
If multiple, please provide dates for each and the exact tasks Mr Carter was recruited to do.
G
Were any conflicts of interest identified at the time of the recruitment in relation to Caroline Landon being a previous colleague? How was this handled?
H
Were any other conflicts of interest identified and, if so, how were these overcome?
Question 2
A
When was Carole Webster first recruited to conduct work for Government of Jersey?
B
Who recruited her? Was a third-party search firm involved?
C
And who was on his interview panel and acted as technical assessor?
D
How much has been paid to her directly and any associated company / companies since this date?
E
Was this on a single contract or a number of contracts?
F
If multiple, please provide dates for each and the exact tasks Ms Webster was recruited to do.
G
Were any conflicts of interest identified at the time of the recruitment in relation to Caroline Landon being a previous colleague? How was this handled?
H
Were any other conflicts of interest identified and, if so, how were these overcome?
Response
Question 1
Andrew Carter's services have been engaged twice and therefore, in order to respond concisely, the responses to the questions are tabled as below:
A
| April 2019 to March 2021
| From February 2022 |
B
| Health Modernisation Director (at the time) – John Howard. An interim search agency was not involved
| Associate Director of People and Corporate Services / Health and Community Services (HCS) HR Steve Graham. An interim search agency was not involved
|
C | No interview took place | No interview took place |
D | £214,464.61
| £18,200.00 |
E | This engagement was contracted by 4 x 6 month contracts | The service was engaged via an open-ended services contract |
F | This engagement was to provide performance reporting, health analytics expertise, modelling related to operational activity, and to provide a strategic response to health and community services, which includes analysis of data to build the case for change, and development of the Jersey Care Model
| The service was re-engaged in order to provide support to the HCS Executive and health analytics expertise
|
G | This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied | This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied |
H | This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied | This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied |
Question 2
A
22 February 2022
B
The HCS Director of Innovation and Improvement. No third party search agency was involved.
C
This is an interim post, and as such, there was no formal interview or technical assessment.
D
£29,100
E
This is a six month interim contract
F
Not applicable
G
This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied
H
This information is not held and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied
Article Applied
Article 3 - Meaning of "information held by a public authority"
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority
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