Article 7 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 requires each scheduled public authority to prepare and maintain an index of the information it holds. Please can you provide me with copies of the relevant index of information for each of the scheduled public authorities that are dealt with by the Central Freedom of Information Unit, namely:
Chief Minister's Department
Community and Constitutional Affairs
Treasury and Resources Department
Department for Infrastructure
States of Jersey Police
Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Department
States Assembly (including States Greffe)
Education Department
Ministers
Health and Social Services Department
Jersey Courts
Social Security Department
Viscount's Department
External Relations Department
Department of the Environment
This request is refused on the basis that to retrieve and extract all the information requested would exceed the cost limit provisions allowed under Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (the Law) and the 12.5 hours maximum allowed under regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014.
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
