Director General expenses and accommodation (FOI)

Request

Please itemise the "expenses and accommodation' costs, amounting to £216,705.58, of the interim director-general’s as mentioned in the below Freedom of Information (FOI) response:

Interim Director General costs (FOI)

For each expense claimed / paid please detail:

- name of the director-general

- the monetary cost

- the recipient of the payment

- the nature of the expense

- who approved the expense claim

Response

The response to the previous FOI request in relation to Director General costs, published on 10 January 2019 was comprised, as requested, of all costs associated with the interim roles, the majority of which was made up of salary costs.

Information relating to the travel and expenses costs of the posts are shown below -

Of the £216,705.58, £28,154.58 related to expenses / travel & accommodation.

£21,532 – flights and accommodation for Interim DG Health & Community Services – Mr A McKeever.

£4,709 – flights and accommodation for Interim DG Children Young People Education and Skills – Mr M Rogers.

Flights and accommodation were booked and paid for via HRG, (the Government of Jersey’s travel provider) in-line with the travel and expenses policy / Financial directions. The difference relates to the time spent as an interim.

£1,913.58 was paid direct to the interim DG Health and Community Services and authorised in accordance with the Financial directions.