Chief Minister correspondence with External Relations and Financial Services Minister (FOI)

Request

A

Please provide all correspondence, including emails and letters, between the Chief Minister and Deputy Philip Ozouf regarding his Ministerial responsibilities (External Relations and Financial Services) between December 2022 and 6 February 2023.

B

Please also provide all correspondence from Deputy Ozouf to any party relating to Jersey's Petty Debts Court.

Response

A

Letters relevant to this request have been published and can be accessed via the links below. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

r.9-2023.pdf (gov.je)

Ozouf apology letter to Chief Minister over Petty Debts "oversights" revealed (bailiwickexpress.com)

Financial Services Remit Switched In Political 'Shambles' (channel103.com)

Searches were undertaken on the email accounts of Deputy Kristina Moore and Deputy Philip Ozouf for the period of 1st December 2022 to 6th February 2023. 

Please see correspondence attached in respect of those searches. Names of individuals have been redacted under Article 25 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

Emails and attachments have been withheld from release in accordance with the Article 26 - (Information Supplied in Confidence) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011: 

Duplicates, and correspondence that is not relevant to the request have been removed.

B

A search was undertaken on the email account of Deputy Ozouf for any relevant correspondence. Please see attached correspondence in respect of that search. Names of individuals have been redacted under Article 25 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

Duplicates, and correspondence that is not relevant to the request have been removed.

Correspondence 1.pdf

Correspondence 2.pdf

Correspondence 3.pdf

Correspondence 4.pdf

Articles 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.

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.

3)      In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.

Article 26 - Information supplied in confidence

Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it was obtained by the scheduled public authority from another person (including another public authority); and

(b) the disclosure of the information to the public by the scheduled public authority holding it would constitute a breach of confidence actionable by that or any other person.