Numbers and costs of PCR tests (FOI)

​​Request

Please can you confirm the number of test and total costs of PCR tests since the start of the Covid19 pandemic according to the following splits:

A

Arrivals by air (total costs and number of tests performed)

Arrivals by sea (total costs and number of tests performed)

Workforce testing (total costs and number of tests performed)

B

Residents (total costs and number of tests performed)

Non-residents (total costs and number of tests performed)

Day 0 tests (total costs and number of tests performed)

Day 1 tests (total costs and number of tests performed)

Day 5 tests (total costs and number of tests performed)

Day 8 tests (total costs and number of tests performed)

Day 10 tests (total costs and number of tests performed)

C

2020 total costs and number of tests performed

D

2021 total costs and number of tests performed

Response

A

Information regarding inbound travel tests and tests undertaken for screening (which includes workforce screening) is available on www.gov.je therefore Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) data for Jersey (gov.je)

B

Information is not collected at this level of detail therefore Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law has been applied.

Information regarding the purpose of travel is available on www.gov.je at the following link:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) data for Jersey (gov.je)

C

Information regarding the number of tests is available on www.gov.je. at the following link:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) data for Jersey (gov.je).

Information regarding costs of the service is presented in page 147 of the annual report and accounts which can be located that the following link:

Government of Jersey Annual Report and Accounts

Therefore Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

D

Information regarding the number of tests is available on www.gov.je at the following link:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) data for Jersey (gov.je)

Therefore Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

£10,462,500 has been posted to the financial ledger for Testing costs from 1 Jan 2021 - 30 June 2021. This includes, staff costs, non-pay expenses and test processing costs.

Articles applied

Article 23- Information accessible to applicant by other means

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

(2) 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.

Article 10 - Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information,

it must inform the applicant accordingly