Health and Community Services staff resignation letters (2) (FOI)

Request

Please kindly provide the resignation letters of Caroline Landon and Rose Naylor, and the acceptance letter in each case.

Response

The Government of Jersey recently responded to a Freedom of Information request for the resignation letters of Caroline Landon and Rose Naylor, published on www.gov.je on 3 April 2023. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Health and Community Services staff resignation letters (FOI)

As with resignation letters, the response to a resignation letter would be considered the personal data of the employee concerned and is provided in confidence. Article 25 (Personal Information) and Article 26 (Information supplied in confidence) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 have been applied.

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 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

Article 26 - Information supplied in confidence

Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it was obtained by the scheduled public authority from another person (including another public authority); and

(b) the disclosure of the information to the public by the scheduled public authority holding it would constitute a breach of confidence actionable by that or any other person.