Money raised by premium rate weather line (FOI)Money raised by premium rate weather line (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
19 May 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
​Request 712541092
1) How much money did the premium rate weather line raise in revenue for Government in each of the last 5 calendar years?
For context but this may not be shared in the final response:
On the Jersey weather forecast page there is a premium rate phone line for speaking to the duty weather forecaster.
Response
The amount of money the premium rate weather line has raised in revenue for the Government of Jersey, in each of the last 5 calendar years, is not held by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA), therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
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.​