Government employee residency status (FOI)

Request

A

How many Government employees are non-Jersey resident?

B

Has this increased/decreased in the past five?

C

Has this affected the economy?

D

Jersey's GDP stats for the past five years

Response 

A

We have interpreted 'non-Jersey resident' to refer to the tax residency status of our employees. Information is publicly available on www.gov.je in response to a previous Freedom of Information response. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Government employee residence and remote working arrangements FOI (gov.je)  

B

This information is not currently held by the Government of Jersey. A Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) is not required to manipulate and create new data sets to respond to a request, but to provide the requester with information the SPA holds which has been specifically requested. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. 

C

This information is not held by the Government of Jersey. The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 gives a right to request information that is held in recorded form, unless exempt. This aspect of the request poses a question rather than seeking information held in recorded form. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

D

Information is publicly available on www.gov.je. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

National Accounts: GVA and GDP - GDP in real terms in constant 2020 values (OpenData.gov.je)

Articles applied 

Article 3 - Meaning of "information held by a public authority"

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

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.