Government office and equipment costs (FOI)

Request

A

Please detail any technical equipment, including costs, issued to previous Chief Executive Paul Martin during his tenure. For example, work telephone / laptop and so on. 

B

Please also confirm if said equipment was returned by Mr Martin when his contract expired.

C

Please detail the total spend on Mr Martin’s office at Broad Street since he assumed his role - for example, refurbishment costs, carpets, desks and so on. 

D

Please detail any technical equipment, including costs, issued to Chief Executive Suzanne Wylie since her appointment. For example, work telephone / laptop and so on. 

E

Please detail the total spend on Ms Wylie’s office at Broad Street since she assumed her role - for example, refurbishment costs, carpets, desks and so on. 

F

If any changes were made or equipment removed that was formerly used by Mr Martin, please confirm which elements this refers to and whether each was either sold on or used elsewhere in Broad Street. If the latter, please specify where.

G

Please detail any technical equipment, and the associated cost of each, issued to Chief Minister John Le Fondré while he served as Chief Minister. For example, work telephone / laptop and so on. Please also confirm if these have since been returned after he failed to be re-elected.

H

Please detail the total spend on Mr Le Fondré’s office at Broad Street since he assumed his role – providing a breakdown of, for example, refurbishment costs, carpets, desks and so on.

I

Please detail any technical equipment, and the associated cost of each, issued to Chief Minister Kristina Moore since her appointment. For example, work telephone / laptop and so on. 

J

Please detail the total spend on Deputy Moore’s office at Broad Street since she became Chief Minister – providing a breakdown of, for example, refurbishment costs, carpets, desks and so on.

K

If any changes were made or equipment removed that was formerly used by John Le Fondré, please confirm which elements this refers to

Response

A

1 Laptop - £891.82 - GST £44.59

1 iPhone - £978.00 - GST £48.90

1 Ipad - £723.81- GST £36.19

1  Apple Smart Keyboard- £151.43 - GST £7.57

B 

All Mr Martin’s items were returned to The Modernisation and Digital Department. 

C 

There was no spend on Mr Martin’s office. 

D  

1 iPhone - £837.14 - GST £41.86

1 Laptop - £ 951.18 - GST £47.56

1 Ipad - £719.05 – GST £35.95

1 Apple Smart Keyboard - £180.00 – GST £9.00 

E

There was no spend on Ms Wylie’s office. 

F 

No changes were made to Mr Martin’s office and no equipment was removed from the office. 

G

A laptop was issued to the Chief Minister, John Le Fondré, from inventory held by the Government of Jersey and returned for use by future Ministers. There was no associated cost for the equipment. 

H

As part of the refurbishment of 19-21 Broad Street prior to taking occupancy, the Chief Minister’s office was refurbished as part of structural works. As these were undertaken by the landlord, costs specific to the refurbishment of this one office are not held by the Government of Jersey, and Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. 

The Government of Jersey entered into a lease for Broad Street offices, as part of which the building was refurbished. No information on the element of that refurbishment that relates particularly to the Chief Minister’s office is held.  A Logitech MeetUp Unit was installed in the Chief Minister’s office at a cost of £2,531.47.

I

No new equipment was provided to Deputy Moore following her appointment as Chief Minister.

J

There was no equipment spend or refurbishment costs. 

K

No changes were made and no equipment was removed. 

Article 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.