Fossil fuel producers

​Request 768991077 

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported that the UK provided £26.7 billion ($34bn) in fossil-fuel subsidies and support in 2023, including £14 billion for gas: https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org/country/.

I would like to request the following information relating to Jersey:

Jersey's annual expenditure on fossil-fuel sector subsidies for each year from 2020 to 2024 (inclusive).


This should include both direct and indirect subsidies, specifically:
• Financial support to fossil-fuel producers (e.g., grants, payments, guarantees, or other direct support);
• Tax concessions, tax expenditures, rebates, or reliefs provided to fossil-fuel producers;
• Tax concessions or rebates provided to fossil-fuel consumers (e.g., fuel duty reductions or other consumption-based support). 

Response 

a)
The Government of Jersey has provided no financial support to fossil fuel producers. 

b)
There are no tax concessions, tax expenditures, rebates, or reliefs provided to fossil fuel producers.   

c)
No fuel duty is charged on any hydrocarbon oil used for any purpose set out in Article 5 of the Excise Duty (Relief and Drawback) (Jersey) Order 2000. 

Information as to the revenue foregone through the exemption of fuels under the Order is not held. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law therefore 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.​​