Planning department staff suspensions (FOI)

Request

For the Government of Jersey Planning Department, please provide the number of staff suspended, the average duration of each suspension and a list of reasons for the suspensions.

Please provide the data in annual format from 2010 to the current day.

Response

The information requested has had disclosure control applied under Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

From 2010 to date less than five (< 5) staff have been suspended from the Development Control Section of Infrastructure Housing and Environment. The average duration of suspension was five days.

Any further information is exempt under Article 25 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 2005.

(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 2005; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.