Watoto Children’s Choir

​​Request​ 858990464

I am writing under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 to request the following recorded information held by the Children, Young People, Education and Skills Department, including Children's Social Care. "Watoto" means Watoto Child Care Ministries, Watoto Uganda, and any choir or touring group operating under the Watoto name. The relevant period is 1 April 2026 to the date of this request. 

1. All correspondence (letters, emails, file notes) between the Department and Watoto in connection with the visit of the Watoto Children's Choir to Jersey in May 2026, including any letter recording the outcome of any assessment undertaken. 

2. Any record of a referral received by the Department concerning the choir, with personal data of the referrer redacted, and any internal correspondence or file notes generated in response. 

3. A list or description of the categories of documents provided by Watoto to the Department in the course of any assessment (for example, court orders, affidavits, passports, visas, permission certificates), without the documents' personal data content. 

4. Any guidance, policy or process document applied by the Department when assessing the welfare of children visiting Jersey as part of an overseas touring performance group.

Response

The department have determined that to comment on any individual cases would likely breach the privacy of individuals and therefore this request is exempt from disclosure under Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

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​