Licensed and Registered working permissions (FOI)Licensed and Registered working permissions (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
19 December 2017.Request
A
How many five year working licenses (registered) have been issued for each of the following:
- and 10 month period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017
B
How many J category licenses (licensed) have been issued for each of the following:
- and 10 month period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017
C
How many of A and B above were to fill jobs within the States of Jersey including all States Departments and companies owned by the States of Jersey for each of the following:
- and 10 month period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017
Please break down the figures to show which numbers relate to A and B above.
D
How many of A above were granted permission to bypass the five year rule to take local jobs for each of the following:
- and 10 month period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017
E
How many of A above were granted permission to bypass the 10 year rule to take up local residency for each of the following:
- and 10 month period 1 January 2017 to 31 October 2017
Response
A and B
We are unable to provide this information for 2012 or for January to June 2013, as we do not hold the data prior to the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012 (CHWL). The CHWL came into effect 1 July 2013. Information is available from 1 July 2013.
We are applying Article 23 exemption as the information is accessible by other means. Each quarter and annually we publish data on Registered and Licensed permissions that have been requested, granted, refused, and removed. This data is available from the site below for 2015 onwards.
Population Office reports and documents
See the documents below for the 2013 and 2014 data:
2013 Permissions requested, granted, refused or revoked
2014 Permissions requested, granted, refused or revoked
Registered and Licensed permissions granted to the States of Jersey and States owned businesses
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Registered | Licensed | Registered | Licensed | Registered | Licensed | Registered | Licensed | Registered | Licensed |
| 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 31 | 72 | 4 | 47 |
D and E
The data for Registered and Licensed permissions is provided in response to questions A and B above.
See below for information on individual statuses and how these determine where an individual can live and work.
Residential statuses and what they mean
Summarising the information available
Under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012, Registered or Licensed permissions are a condition of the business license that permits a maximum number of individual(s) whose status is Registered or Licensed to work in the businesses. Individuals whose status is Licensed can also occupy qualified property.
A business, by being granted a Registered permission, enables an individual of that status to work in that businesses.
A business, by being granted a Licensed permission, enables an individual of that status to work in that businesses and occupy qualified property.
Exemption 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.
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