Common Strategic Policy 2026 – 2030 (P.75/2026): fourteenth amendment (P.75/2026 Amd.(14)) – amendment. Digital Government Platform

COMMON STRATEGIC POLICY 2026-2030 (P.75/2026): FOURTEENTH

AMENDMENT (P.75/2026 AMD.(14)) – AMENDMENT

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For the words "offline' options", substitute the words "offline support". 2  PAGE 2 –

For the words "a specific centralized budget to the programme", substitute the words "departmental project budgets to assist the overall centralised budget for those programmes that provide services to those departments".

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Note:  After this amendment, the amendment would read as follows –

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After the words "report accompanying this Proposition" insert the words –

", except that on page 10 of the report, after paragraph two, there should be inserted the following new paragraph –

"We will ensure that any new or amended regulations that require interaction with Government will be delivered through the Digital Government Platform, unless a more suitable alternative is already in use, whilst retaining in-person and offline support."

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After the words "report accompanying this Proposition" instead the words –

", except that on page 14 of the report, after paragraph three, there should be inserted the following new paragraph –

"Within the Government, we commit to an ambitious programme of digitization on a common and affordable platform, supporting external contributors where it is  safe.  We  will  allocate  departmental  project  budgets  to  assist  the  overall centralised  budget  for  those  programmes  that  provide  services  to  those departments and measure the cost of implementing new services, ensuring that costs are driven lower through AI and modern ways of digital working."

Note:  After this amendment, the proposition would read as follows –

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

in accordance with Article 18(2)(e) of the States of Jersey Law 2005, to approve the statement of the Common Strategic Policy of the Council of Ministers as set out in the report accompanying this Proposition, except that on page 10 of the report, after paragraph two, there should be inserted the following new paragraph –

"We will ensure that any new or amended regulations that require interaction with Government, will be delivered through the Digital Government Platform, unless a more suitable alternative is already in use, whilst retaining in-person and offline support."; and

on page 14 of the report, after paragraph three, there should be inserted the following new paragraph –

"Within the Government, we commit to an ambitious programme of digitisation on a common and affordable platform, supporting external contributors where it is safe. We will allocate departmental project budgets to assist the overall centralised budget for those programmes that provide services to those departments and measure the cost of implementing new services, ensuring that it is driven lower through AI and modern ways of digital working.".

REPORT

The Council of Ministers is committed to improving the availability and accessibility of Government online services for Islanders and businesses. The Digital Government Platform is a key central tenet of the Government's IT Strategy, and provides a common route to accessing those services, reducing duplication, improving consistency and delivering  simpler,  more  integrated  online  user  experiences.  The  current  Digital Government Platform dashboard shows 8,123 people are already registered on the Platform.

The Digital Services team currently estimates that more than £2 million of investment is planned for 2027 through departmental projects that directly support the continued development and expansion of Platform. This investment will enable the delivery of additional online services as part of those programmes. Significant planned activity includes  the  Employment,  Social  Security  and  Housing  Department's  Transform programme  and  Health  and  Care  Jersey's  digital  health  work  streams.  Further opportunities to utilise the Platform are also being explored through a number of projects currently at an early stage of development. Collectively, these plans represent a significant and ambitious programme of digital transformation across Government.

Future  investment  in,  and  development  of,  the  Digital  Government  Platform  will continue  to  be  driven  by  departmental  business  requirements  and  project  needs. However, software engineering, platform development and technical delivery will be coordinated centrally through the dedicated Digital Government Platform team within Digital Services.

This approach will provide greater oversight of delivery and enable the Government to monitor and assess the full cost of ownership of the Platform and its associated 2027 programme of work.

Validated service-specific measures are shown below:

Financial and staffing implications

There are no new additional financial or staffing implications. Children's Rights Impact Assessment

It is considered that this amendment has no direct or indirect impact on children and that the duty to have due regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child does not arise. Accordingly, a Children's Rights Impact Assessment is not required under the Children (Convention Rights) (Jersey) Law 2022.