Email correspondence regarding Daisy Bus Service and Wessex Cancer Trust

​Request 741952795​​

Could you please provide copies of all emails between Obi Hasan, Chris Bown, Claire Thompson, Patrick Armstrong, JessIe Marshall, [redacted], Tom Walker, Andy Weir and Simon West with any other parties that mention the Daisy Bus Service or the Wessex Cancer Trust. Emails between November 2024 and April 2025. 

Response 

Correspondence has been reviewed, and information in scope of this request has been prepared for disclosure. Duplicate emails have been removed and correspondence has been redacted in consideration of Freedom of Information legislation. 

Freedom of Information response 741952795 - Attachment.pdf

Redactions have been colour coded for ease of reference, as follows: 

Yellow Personal Information of individuals, including Government of Jersey employees below Tier 2 – Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Green Commercial Interests – Article 33 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

Articles applied 

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 2005. 

(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 33 - Commercial interests 

Information is qualified exempt information if – 

(a)     it constitutes a trade secret; or 

(b)     its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information). 

Public Interest Test 

Article 33 is a qualified exemption and, as such, Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) has conducted a public interest test as required by law. 

When responding to requests of this nature, HCJ has to balance the public interest with the impact that disclosing this information would, or would be likely to, have upon the organisation and / or third parties. Whilst it may be in the public interest to understand the procurement of services, protecting the commercial interests of HCJ is an essential component in controlling public finances, which in itself is in the public interest. 

Protecting commercially sensitive information is often necessary to ensure fair competition and prevent harm to suppliers or the Government of Jersey if disclosure would, or would be likely to, negatively impact a supplier's competitive position and / or that of the Government. 

HCJ has assessed whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in supplying the information is outweighed by the prejudice that would likely result by doing so.  

It is recognised that there is a public interest in transparency, particularly regarding Government contracts and spending. However, having considered the public interest, HCJ has concluded that the public interest in disclosing the redacted financial information and third-party specific data is outweighed by the potential prejudice that would likely result. Furthermore, as the Government’s total annual expenditure on the Daisy Bus service has been made public, disclosing the cost of the minibus contract with Wessex Cancer Support would indirectly disclose personal salary information which is absolutely exempt.