Lodging houses (FOI)​

Request

A

On 1 March of each of the 11 years from 2010 to 2020 inclusive, how many lodging houses held a Registration Certificate issued under the Lodging Houses (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1962 and its associated subordinate legislation? 

B

On 1 March of each of the 11 years from 2010 to 2020 inclusive, what was the total number of units of accommodation that was available in Jersey’s lodging houses that held a Registration Certificate under the Lodging Houses (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1962 and its associated subordinate legislation for each of the relevant years? 

C

On 1 March of each of the 11 years from 2010 to 2020 inclusive, what was the total number of registered bed spaces in Jersey’s lodging houses that held a Registration Certificate under the Lodging Houses (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1962 and its associated subordinate legislation for each of the relevant years for (a) adults, (b) children under 18 and (c) children under five years of age.

Response 

The Department does not hold the full data requested. In line with our agreed retention period, the requested data can only be provided for the registration periods 1 March 2019 to 28 February 2020, and for the current registration period.

01 March 2019 to 28 February 2020 

1. Registration Certificates issued   251

2. Total No. of Registered Units    2,294

3. Total No. of Registered Bed Spaces:

Adults   4,337

Children under 18 1,127

Children under 5  287

01 March 2020 to date 

1. Registration Certificates issued   241

2. Total No. of Registered Units    2,275

3. Total No. of Registered Bed spaces:

Adults   4,243

Children under 18 1,100

Children under 5  266

Internal Review Request

Thank you for the response to my FOI request.

Whilst I understand that you / the relevant department may not have the information requested back to 2010, I am sure they must have had the information for some years prior to the information supplied (1 March 2019 to 1 Marcch 2020). Surely, they are obligated to keep this information further back than 16 month?

Please can that be looked at it again and also, can the response to question B for the year 1 March 2019 to 28 February 2020 and for the period 1 March 2020 to date be checked and confirmed? It doesn’t seem correct to me.

Response

Time periods for the retention of data are based on departmental need or legal obligation. There is no legal obligation to maintain this data beyond the current registration period, nor any benefit to the department in keeping this data longer than as stated in the Retention Schedule (12 months).

The data provided in response B has been rechecked and found to be accurate.

The internal review therefore maintains the original response.