Request
How much did the Chief Fire Officer (CFO) get paid for chairing States meetings?
What is the combined salary for the Chief Fire Officer's role as CFO and Emergency Planning Officer?
Response
The Chief Fire Officer is not an Accounting Officer and therefore the respective salary is not subject to publication within the financial report and accounts.
Consequently, the nature of this request falls under the exemption detailed in Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as this relates to personal and confidential information.
Exemption applied
Article 25 Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
