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Compensation settlement (FOI)

Compensation settlement (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 05 February 2019.

Request

Compensation claim (FOI)

I would like further details regarding questions and responses A and C in the response shown above.

A

How will this affect the renewal premium of the insurance policy? Although settlement was not from the public purse per se, this would still be a public liability considering that we own the assets and the debt of the States of Jersey.

B

N/A

C

Have those who committed the offences against the siblings (as described in the third paragraph of the following Bailiwick Express article been prosecuted?

Bailiwick Express article

Similarly, have the relevant people within the Health and Social Services department (now Health and Community Services) faced any disciplinary action?

Response

A

Individual settlements such as this will not necessarily have an impact on the State of Jersey’s insurance premiums as insurers take into account a wide variety of factors when determining premiums including the level of excess and deductibles and the States of Jersey’s vigilant internal risk management controls across all departments.

B

N/A

C

This information is exempt under Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey Law 2011.

Article applied

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.

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