Fiscal stimulus funding
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WQ.279/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY K.F. MOREL OF ST. LAWRENCE
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY 1st JUNE 2021
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 8th JUNE 2021
Question
Of the £50 million made available through fiscal stimulus funding, will the Minister advise what amount it is estimated has been (or will be) paid to women, and how much to men, as the direct, primary recipients of any funds provided?
Answer
There were a range of applications for Fiscal Stimulus Funding from a wide variety of organisations, all of whom play a role in the fabric of Island life. P.128/2020 set out the types of organisations that could apply for funds and this did not include individuals as direct, primary recipients of the funds. As part of the submissions there was some limited and summary information provided by organisations, but this information cannot be deemed to be complete yet because some of the projects are still undertaking procurement exercises for delivery partners.
Some information on service provision statistics for the organisations in Tranche One has been gathered. For example, one project has indicated that over 50% of their service users are female with their chosen service provider having a workforce that is over 70% female. Officers will continue to collect this information as the estimates become clearer and this will be published as part of the required reporting on progress
The Fiscal Stimulus Oversight Group (FSOG) considered diversity in two ways – through the likely impact at a service provision level and at a delivery level. This formed part of the criteria and FSOG took a holistic view in terms of the organisation and the nature of the project when considering the overall impact of the project. All of the organisations selected for funding in Tranche One cater for both men and women with certain projects providing direct support to individuals in the form of additional unemployment support and access to skills training.
Whilst several projects in Tranche One are related to the construction industry, they cover a wide range of trades, sizes and will be delivered by a number of local companies. Until that process is complete, we will not know how this has impacted on the gender diversity aspects of the delivery.
Deputy Morel 's amendment to P.128/2020 asked that the business cases set out the age and gender of those most likely to benefit economically from the project. In the Minister's comment on Deputy Morel 's amendment she did make the point that there would need to be an acceptance of a degree of proportionality and uncertainty in terms of sector and diversity benefits. The plan moving forward is to continue to measure the diversity impacts of projects as delivery partners are selected as part of the monthly and quarterly monitoring process. This will include impact by way of the diversity of the service users.