Volume of emails sent in 2023 by Government of Jersey (FOI)

​​​​​​​Request

A

Please advise how many emails were sent by the government in 2023.

B

Of those emails, please confirm how many had image attachments.

C

Please confirm the average file size for image attachments.

D

Please confirm if consideration was given to host signature footer images (the department name and related Government of Jersey logos) on a website and not attach them into the email? If not, what is the rational for embedding signature images within emails?

E

Please advise if a carbon impact analysis has been completed on the digital footprint for Government of Jersey email attachments?

Response

A, B and C

The Government of Jersey does not hold a list of emails and attachments sent in 2023, therefore this information is not held, and Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.  

D

There is no record of consideration having been given to the hosting of signature footer images on a website and not attached into the email.   

E

A carbon impact analysis has not been completed on the digital footprint for Government of Jersey email attachments. 

Article applied

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.​