Brexit correspondence (FOI)

​Request

I would like any correspondence between the Government of Jersey and the UK Government's DEXEU regarding Brexit, since 23 June 2016.

I would like any correspondence between the Government of Jersey and the UK Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding Brexit, since 23 June 2016.

I would like any correspondence between the Government of Jersey and the UK Government's Department for International Trade regarding the implications of Brexit, since 23 June 2016.

Response

This request is refused. It is considered that the term government of Jersey remains too broad a search criteria and attempting to respond to your request would exceed the 12.5 hour cost limit set out in the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

More information about Jersey’s government structures can be found on the States of Jersey website.

Government and administration

Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(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.

(2) Despite paragraph (1), a scheduled public authority may still supply the information requested on payment to it of a fee determined by the authority in the manner prescribed by Regulations for the purposes of this Article.

(3) Regulations may provide that, in such circumstances as the Regulations prescribe, if two or more requests for information are made to a scheduled public authority –

(a) by one person; or

(b) by different persons who appear to the scheduled public authority to be acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign,

the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the estimated total cost of complying with all of them.