Meetings held in States Assembly rooms (FOI)

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Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 08 March 2024.
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​​​Request

Please advise which outside groups, organisations or individuals have been given permission to hold an information occasion for States members in one of the Assembly rooms such as the Ivy Forster meeting room within the States building in the last five years. 

Please provide a list that identifies these individuals or organisations together with the dates when that these took place. 

Response

There is no central log of briefings provided to States Members. 

A Scheduled Public Authority is not obliged to create new datasets or manipulate existing data to address Freedom of Information requests. As records are not held in a format that allows for this information to be discerned without extensive manual interrogation, and as examining multiple calendars over five years would exceed the timescales prescribed in the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014, Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

The following information is held by the States Greffe Members’ Resources Team who assisted in organisation of these briefings –

​29th September 2023

The Jersey Cyber Security Centre​ provided an informal briefing to States Members on how to protect IT equipment and keep data safe. 

26th March 2023

Introduction to the Children’s Commissioner – arranged by the States Greffe Members’ Resources Team as part of ongoing induction activities for new and returning Members. 

22nd February 2023

Visit Jersey – ‘Visit Jersey - 2023 and beyond', a lunchtime presentation from the Visit Jersey Chair and Interim CEO, to outline Visit Jersey’s exciting plans for 2023 and the role of tourism in our Island's future prosperity.

Article applied

Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations. 

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.​