Organisation of 2025 Pride event

​​​Request 733301477

NB If the events are planned in the future, please provide the information with that in mind.

Whether your organisation ORGANISED any events for Pride 2025. If so please provide the date, title/topic of the event, whether employees were being paid whilst they attended (and how many employees if they were being paid whilst in attendance), and whether employees attended in uniform or any clothing identifying them as employees of your service.

Whether your organisation participated in any events ORGANISED BY OTHERS for Pride 2025. If so please provide the date, title/topic of the event, whether employees were being paid whilst they attended (and how many employees if they were being paid whilst in attendance), and whether employees attended in uniform or any clothing identifying them as employees of your service.

Whether your organisation has organised any themed merchandise for Pride 2025. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased, the process undertaken to find a supplier, and the cost.

Please provide a copy of any internal or external communications concerning Pride 2025.

Response

The Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) did not organise any events for Pride 2025 and therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law applies. 

On Saturday 21st June 2025, Channel Islands Pride:

Two Jersey Customs and Immigration Service (JCIS) Officers attended the main Pride event (parade and village) for approximately one hour. They were on duty; therefore they were paid and in uniform. 

Two staff from the States of Jersey Prison Service (SoJPS) attended the main Pride event. Both employees attended in their own time and were not paid. Both have retrospectively been given time back. One staff member was dressed in full SoJPS Officer uniform. 

The Chief Officer for Justice and Home Affairs attended the Parade. She was not being paid, did not receive time back, nor wore any items identifying her as a Justice and Home Affairs employee.

The States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (SJFRS) participated in the main Pride event in 2025. A total of five members of staff, four from the On Call section and one from Wholetime, attended the event. The four On Call members were paid and attended in uniform, the Wholetime member received their time back and attended in uniform.

Please see attached communications. Personal information has been redacted in accordance with Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Freedom of Information 733301477 - Attachment.pdf​

The SPA has not organised any themed merchandise for Pride 2025. Therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law applies.

Articles 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.

​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.

3)      In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.​​​​​​