Request
A
How much money was spent in Jersey States Communications Department in 2018? (include annual salaries / training and freelance workers).
B
How does this figure compare to 2017 and 2013?
C
How much money does the Senior Communications Officer earn annually?
Response
A
The Communications Directorate was only established in July 2018. Therefore, costs relating to the Directorate for the period 1 July to 30 November (inclusive) are included in the table below. Salaries are included in the “Staff cost” line and training is included in the “Supplies and services” line:
Communications Directorate costs – July to November 2018
| Sales of goods and services | -307 |
| Staff costs | 445,717 |
| Supplies and services | 46,570 |
| Administrative expenses | 592 |
| Finance costs | 5 |
B
The Communications Directorate was not established before July 2018 therefore it is not possible to provide comparative costs for 2017 or earlier. Previously, the States operated a devolved model, under which individual communications and marketing staff, activities and costs were incurred separately by individual departments, and with many of the staff involved in communications having this only as part of their roles.
C
The information requested is exempt under Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. However the broad salary range for the Director of Communications is within the pay range for Directors in the States of Jersey of £93,334-£175,000.
Article 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 2018.
(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 2018; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
