Drug convictions from 2018 to 2022 (FOI)

Request

How many drug convictions has there been in Jersey, each year, for the past 5 years (2018- 2022)?

Of the drug convictions in the last 5 years (2018-2022), can you give details of the age and gender of those convicted, broken down by year? 

Over the last 5 years (2018-2022), can you clarify the drug classification for each prosecution, broken down by year?

Response

The requested information for 2018 – 2021 is already publicly available in response to a previous Freedom of Information request and is therefore exempt from repeated disclosure as Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is engaged.

Drug related conviction statistics (FOI)

Please see data for 2022 (up to and including 12th December) in the tables below:

Drug convictions during 2022.pdf

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.