Jersey as a filming location (FOI)

​Request

I formally make a freedom of information request for answer to the following questions on Film / TV directors interested in using Jersey as a location. Please kindly provide figures on the following for the past five years regarding:

A

How many applications have there been to the States of Jersey to film & produce content of any kind on the island?

B

How many of these applications were shortlisted and considered?

C

How many of these applications have been approved?

D

How many film or TV directors or companies received grants from the States of Jersey to go towards making a film or shooting a TV series in Jersey?

Response

A to C

This data is not held.

D

No such grants have been issued by the department of Economic Development, Tourism, Sport & Culture in the last five years

Article 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.