Standby Duty Payments paid by the Jersey Ambulance Service

​Request 760292802 

I am writing to request information regarding standby duty payments made across the Jersey public sector in the calendar year 2024. Specifically, I would like to request the following:

Total amount paid in standby duty payments by the Jersey Ambulance Service

A breakdown by role or grade (e.g., paramedic, firefighter, police officer, technician) where available.

Clarification on whether these payments were:

Included in base salary
Paid as separate allowances
Subject to any caps or limits 

Response 

Standby payments of £81,953 were paid by States of Jersey Ambulance Service in 2024. 

• £13,034 recorded as paid to paramedic posts
• £68,919 recorded as paid to other posts, including lead and operational roles. 

Details of standby duty payment conditions are as per the published public sector pay scales for Ambulance workers: 

Public sector pay scales 

As this information is available elsewhere, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

Article applied 

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1)     Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2)     A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​​