Jersey Rugby Club funding and benefits (FOI)Jersey Rugby Club funding and benefits (FOI)
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31 January 2019.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Senator Steve Pallett recently stated that there are ‘huge economic benefits’ associated with having a professional rugby side.
I would be grateful if I could receive information relating to the total amount of funding and any other benefits the States of Jersey provides to the Jersey Rugby Club (split per year for the past three years) as well as a monetary quantification of the related annual 'economic benefit' (as claimed by the Senator) aligned to each of the three years.
Response
Amounts paid to Jersey Rugby Football Club (JFRC) and the Jersey Rugby Association (JRA) by the Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Department have been detailed in the table below:
| JRFC (Jersey Reds) | 75,000 | 75,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jersey Rugby Association (JRA) | 0 | 0 | 24,000 | 45,000 |
Amounts paid to the JRA were made further to commercial sponsorship agreements.
Information in relation to the economic benefit of the grants paid to the JFRC is available within a previous Freedom of Information response, available through the following link:
Grant to Jersey Reds (FOI)
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