States members' salaries review cost (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 15 December 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

How much is the recently announced review of States Members’ salaries going to cost ?

Response

The current system for the setting of States Members’ remuneration was established with the adoption of the Draft States of Jersey (Amendment – Remuneration of Elected Members) Jersey) Law (P.40/2022).  In the statement of financial and manpower implications accompanying the proposition, it was indicated that the new system would likely cost under £20,000.

Draft States of Jersey (Amendment – Remuneration of Elected Members) Jersey) Law (P.40/2022) (gov.je)

As of 12th December 2022, costs had been incurred for advertising for members of the recruitment panel who will appoint the independent reviewer, and for the recruitment of the independent reviewer themselves.  Total expenditure on this advertising had amounted to £2,235.

The members of the recruitment panel are acting in an honorary capacity and there will be no payments made to them.  

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.