Our Hospital project plans for the Crematorium (FOI)

Request 

Please could you inform me if in any of the current or future plans of the new build hospital if or not they will be building over the crematorium, knocking it down or building over the rose garden?

Response 

This information is accessible by other means and therefore, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Information in relation to this question can be found through the following links:

Written Question to the Assistant Chief Minister by the Deputy of St Mary, dated 22 February 2021, 'WQ.73/2021' refers:

(73) approved and answered dep st mary to ass cm re removing the crematorium from its present site.pdf (gov.je)

The Our Hospital website, Frequently Asked Questions, 2.0 'The Hospital Site and Existing Facilities, 2.5. 'Will the crematorium be affected?' refers:

https://ourhospital.je/community

A press release dated 28 July 2021 on the Government of Jersey website refers:

Statement on the crematorium

Article applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.