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Digital copy of Exhibit FW9: Minister for Health and Social Services: Dismissal (P.115/2007). Lodged au Greffe on 28 August 2007 by the Chief Minister. Includes appendices. [Some details redacted].
Used as evidence in relation to Frank Walker's Witness Statement to the Inquiry dated 6 January 2016 [ZC/D/AW4/B2/14/WS000697].
| Reference | ZC/D/AW4/A5/14/WD008868/9 |
| Date | 28 August 2007 |
| Scope and Content | • Proposition. Relates to the dismissal of Senator Stuart Syvret as Minister for Health and Social Services. • Report. Includes sections titled: Background; Reasons for proposing the Minister's dismissal; Breakdown in relations with a wide range of people; Undermining the child protection arrangements and thereby increasing the risk to vulnerable children; Improper use of information and passing confidential information to third parties; Failing to follow the agreed process for making ministerial decisions; Bullying and harassment of staff via threatening and abusive emails; Behaviour unbecoming of a Minister; Breach the code of conduct for Ministers; and Conclusion. Includes the following appendices: 1. Letter dated 27 July 2007 from Ministers to the Chief Minister asking for Senator Syvret's resignation as a Minister. 2. Statement of the Council of Ministers dated July 2007. 3. Letter dated 9 August 2007 from Terry Le Sueur, Deputy Chief Minister to Mrs I Le Feuvre; and a document titled Questions to the Jersey Child Protection Committee. 4. Terms of Reference of the Council of Ministers for a review of child protection signed by Senator Terry Le Sueur, Deputy Chief Minister on 9 August 2007; and the Curriculum Vitae of Andrew George Williamson dated October 2006. 5. Letter from Iris Le Feuvre, Chair of the Jersey Child Protection Committee to Senator Frank Walker, Chief Minister. States no confidence in the Minister for Health and Social Services. 6. Letter dated 15 August 2007 from Senator Stuart Syvret, Minister for Health and Social Services to Iris Le Feuvre, Chair of the Jersey Child Protection Committee. Informs Mrs Le Feuvre of her dismissal from the post of Chair of the Jersey Child Protection Committee. 7. Letter dated 16 August 2007 from Mike Pollard, Chief Executive, Health and Social Services to Senator S Syvret. Details advice to the Minister about the Minister's wish to dismiss Mrs Le Feuvre. 8. Letter dated 3 August 2007 from John T Noel, Chairman of the Staff Side, Jersey Civil Service Forum to Senator Frank Walker, Chief Minister. Requests steps be taken to address Senator Syvret's bullying and harassment of staff. 9. Serious Case Review: Overview report of Interagency working with a young person by the Consultant Community Paediatrician presented for the Jersey Child Protection Committee. Dated 2007. 10. Email correspondence dated 16 and 17 August 2007 between the Consultant Paediatrician and Bill Ogley. Includes comment by the Consultant Paediatrician on the performance of services in relation to the specific case subject to the Serious Case Review. 11. Report for Council of Ministers by the Director of Education Sport and Culture dated 21 August 2007 titled Greenfields Centre: Grand Prix Incentive Scheme. Includes four attachments (Attachment A: Leaflet provided to children admitted to Greenfields; Attachment B: Briefing Note on the Grand Prix Incentive Scheme; Attachment C: Summary of the Recommendations of the Children's Executive - Meeting the Needs of SEBD Children in Jersey, March 2004; Attachment D: Review of policy and procedures at Greenfields Secure Centre by Linda Dodds. 12. Email correspondence dated 18 July 2007 between Stuart Syvret and the Directorate Manager of CAMHS and an email dated 18 July 2007 from Stuart Syvret to Frank Walker and Bill Ogley. Refers to the case of an individual which was subject to the Serious Case Review. 13. Email dated 14 August 2007 from Terry Le Sueur to Stuart Syvret. Sets out examples of unacceptable use of the email system by Senator Syvret. |
| Names | Bull, Kathie, Dr Climbié, Victoria Cohen, Freddie, Senator Crich, Ian de Faye, Guy, Deputy Jervis-Dykes, Andrew Kinnard, Wendy, Senator Laming, Lord William Herbert Le Feuvre, Iris Le Main, Terry, Senator Le Sueur, Terry, Senator Noel, John T Ogley, Bill Ozouf, Philip, Senator Pollard, Mike Routier, Paul, Senator Scott-Warren, Celia, Deputy Sharp, Stephen Syvret, Stuart, Senator Vibert, Mike, Senator Walker, Frank Williamson, Andrew Wolfe, Tom Alternative Curriculum Association of Directors of Social Services Birmingham University British Association of Social Workers British Medical Association Cabinet Office Chief Minister's Department Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Children's Executive Children's Services Civil Service Staff Association Commission for Social Care Inspection Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust Coventry City Council Council of Ministers Criminal Justice Board Customs and Immigration Service d'Hautrée House School Devon Social Services Department East Sussex Social Services Education Committee Education Sport and Culture Family Nursing and Home Care Greenfields Centre Hampshire County Council Hampshire County Council Social Services Department Health and Social Services Health and Social Services Committee Heathfield Children's Home HM Prison, La Moye Home Affairs Home Affairs Committee Howard League for Penal Reform Jersey Child Protection Committee Jersey Civil Service Forum Jersey Evening Post Jersey Legal Information Board Jersey Medical Society Juvenile Court La Préférence Children's Home Les Chênes Residential School Liverpool City Council Medical Defence Union National Health Service National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children North and East Devon Authority Northumberland County Council Northumberland County Council Social Services Department Office for Standards in Education Oxford Polytechnic Royal Court Royal Society of Arts South West Peninsula Strategic Health Authority Staffordshire County Council States Employment Board States of Jersey States of Jersey Police United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Victoria College Wandsworth London Borough Council Wandsworth London Borough Council Social Services Department West Sussex County Council Young Offenders Centre |
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| Places | Birmingham, Bulgaria, Cornwall, Coventry, Cyril Le Marquand House, Devon, East Sussex, Greenfields, Hampshire, Heathfield, St Saviour, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, La Bercheuse, St Lawrence, La Moye, La Préférence, St Martin, Les Chênes, Five Oaks, Liverpool, Maritime House, La Route du Port Elizabeth, Moldova, Northumberland, Oxford, Peter Crill House, Plymouth, 6, Raleigh Court, Romania, Somerset, Staffordshire, Torbay, Victoria College, Wandsworth, West Sussex |
| Dimensions | 1 pdf file |
| Language | English |
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Context:
Digital copy of Exhibit FW9: Minister for Health and Social Services: Dismissal (P.115/2007). Lodged au Greffe on 28 August 2007 by the Chief Minister. Includes appendices. [Some details redacted].
Used as evidence in relation to Frank Walker's Witness Statement to the Inquiry dated 6 January 2016 [ZC/D/AW4/B2/14/WS000697].
ZC/D/AW4/A5/14/WD008868/9
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