Natasha Devon MBE

​Request 750599311 ​

Regarding talks carried out recently by Natasha Devon MBE in all island schools as well as separate parents sessions, could you please provide: 

A copy of any emails sent from either the Education Minister or Children's Minister containing the phrase 'Natasha Devon' 

Response 

Correspondence has been reviewed, and information in scope of this request has been prepared for disclosure. 

Freedom of Information response 750599311- Attachment 1.pdf 

Freedom of Information response 750599311 - Attachment 2.pdf​

Duplicate emails have been removed, and correspondence has been redacted in accordance with of Freedom of Information legislation. 

Redactions have been applied to remove the personal Information of individuals, including Government of Jersey employees below Tier 2, in accordance with Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

Correspondence has also been withheld in accordance with Article 35 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.   

Article 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 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. 

Article 35 - Formulation and development of policies 

Information is qualified exempt information if it relates to the formulation or development of  any proposed policy by a public authority. 

Public Interest Test  

In applying this article, the following considerations were taken into account:  

Public interest considerations favouring disclosure:  

• disclosure of the information would support transparency and promote accountability to the general public, providing confirmation that the necessary discussions have taken place 

Public interest considerations favouring withholding the information:  

• in order to best develop policy, officials and ministers need a safe space in which free and frank discussion can take place – discussion of how documentation is presented and provided is considered as integral to policy development as iterations of documents are demonstrative of the policy development process 
  

The SPA – and indeed good government, requires the possible impact of any proposed documents to be reviewed, and for Ministers and officials to be able to discuss and test those proposed policies in a comprehensive way, such testing including analysis of the underlying work undertaken. 

Taking into account the various factors, the Scheduled Public Authority decided in favour of withholding the information.