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Redundancy payments for unsuccessful politicians (FOI)

Redundancy payments for unsuccessful politicians (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 21 July 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

I have been lead to believe that standing politicians that fail to get back into the states are entitled to redundancy pay.

If this is the case, can you supply a list of all states members who fail to be voted back in will receive redundancy payments and also how much each person will receive.

Also if those states members who decided not to stay on, what payments if any they receive. Per person and what amount

Response

Details in relation to loss of office compensation for States Members were provided recently within the following Freedom of Information response:

Severance pay for States Members (FOI)

As detailed within the previous response, loss of office compensation is paid in accordance with a recommendation of the former States Members' Remuneration Review Body and is limited to Members who stand for, but who fail to secure, re-election. Such Members are entitled to one month's basic remuneration per four years' continuous service (subject to a minimum of two years' service and pro-rated as necessary). One month's salary in this context is £4,166.67, in line with the current salary for elected States members.

Those Members who stood for election in June 2022 and who were unsuccessful are detailed, along with the relevant loss of compensation payment, within the below table:

Name

Role

Sworn in

End of service

Years

Amount

Judy Martin

Deputy

05/12/2000

27/06/2022

21.5

£22,395.83

John Le Fondré

Senator

05/12/2005

27/06/2022

16.5

£17,187.50

Jeremy Maçon

Deputy

08/12/2008

27/06/2022

13.5

£14,062.50

Steve Pallett

Senator

14/11/2011

27/06/2022

10.6

£11,024.31

Russell Labey

Deputy

03/11/2014

27/06/2022

7.6

£7,899.31

Gregory Guida

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

Hugh Raymond

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

Kevin Pamplin

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

Lindsay Ash

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

Rowland Huelin

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

Trevor Pointon

Deputy

01/06/2018

27/06/2022

4.0

£4,166.67

The former Chief Minister, John Le Fondré, continued to hold responsibility for this role past 27th June 2022 until all new Ministers were elected to their roles on 11th July 2022. He was not remunerated for this additional time.

Members who did not stand for re-election were not entitled to any loss of compensation or additional salary and were paid for the period to 27th June, when they ceased to be Members.

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.


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