Consultants reports about the Jersey Innovation Fund (FOI)

Request

Please can you provide any internal or external consultant reports, including audit reports and governance reports, that have been written in relation to the Innovation Fund. In each case please provide details of who commissioned the report, when, who carried out the work and, if possible, how much it cost.

Response

We can confirm that the public authority holds this information. 

However, this information is exempt under Article 37(1) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 and cannot be released. See explanation details below. 

The only report commissioned and written regarding the Jersey Innovation Fund (J.I.F.) has been by the States of Jersey Internal Auditor. 

FOI exemption applied:

Article 37(1) - Audit functions 

Information is qualified exempt information – (a) if it is held by a scheduled public authority mentioned in paragraph (2); and (b) if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the exercise of any of the authority’s functions in relation to a matter mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b).

Prior to the establishment the Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel undertook a review of the Terms of Reference for the Jersey Innovation Fund (J.I.F.). A copy of their report is available at

Scrutiny Matters

Having considered the public interest, the public authority's decision is to withhold the information.