Off Island travel during lockdown (FOI)

Request

Please could you provide a list of government employees and Ministers / Assistant Minister who have travelled away from Jersey since the stay at home order was introduced on 30 March.

Please include outbound and return dates, outbound destination, method of transport including whether by publicly available flight or private aircraft, and the reason for travel.

Response

The information requested (covering the period from the commencement of lockdown on 30 March 2020 to 11 May (Move to Phase three of the Safe Exit Framework) is accessible within a recent Freedom of Information request, available at the following link:

Travel during lockdown (FOI)

Article 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.