Agricultural statistics reports

​​​​Request 776321390

Please provide the annual Agricultural Statistics Reports from 2022 to date.

Response

The requested information is not currently held by the Department for the Economy but is in the process of being prepared with a view to publication within the next 12 weeks. When the data is available it will be via the below link. Therefore Article 36 of the Freedom of Information Jersey Law 2011 has been applied.

Agriculture and fisheries statistics

Article applied

Article 36 - Information intended for future publication

(1) Information is qualified exempt information if, at the time when the request for the information is made, the information is being held by a public authority with a view to its being published within 12 weeks of the date of the request.

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

(a) of the date when the information will be published;

(b) of the manner in which it will be published; and

(c) by whom it will be published.

(3) In this Article, “published” means published –

(a) by a public authority; or

(b) by any other person.

Public Interest Test 

Article 36 is a qualified exemption, which means that a public interest test has to be undertaken to examine the circumstances of the case and decide whether, on balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Public interest considerations favouring disclosure: 

Disclosure of the information would support transparency and promote accountability to the general public. 

Public interest considerations favouring withholding the information 

It is intended to publish a report containing this information on www.gov.je​ within 12 weeks of the receipt of this request. In it is reasonable for government to publish reports in an orderly manner, following completion of appropriate internal processes, and publishing in advance, and in such close proximity to the expected publication date, would potentially undermine the orderly publication and conduct of government work (when the public benefit of earlier publication under the Law would derive limited benefit).​​