High value residency approval numbers (FOI)High value residency approval numbers (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
28 May 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A
How many people have been granted high value residency by Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham since he took office in 2024?
B
How many were granted high value residency status by the previous Chief Ministers: Kristina Moore, John Le Fondré, Ian Gorst, Terry Le Sueur, and Frank Walker.
C
How many applications did each of these Chief Ministers receive, and how many failed or were rejected?
D
How much tax did high value residency individuals contribute to Jersey in each of the last five years?
Response
A, B and C
The following table shows the relevant data for the years 2005 to 2024 (as at May).
Statistics are not recorded as to which Minister determined the application.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Rejected |
| 2005 | 5
| 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2017 | 36 | 34 | 2 |
| 2018 | 18 | 14 | 3 |
| 2019 | 23 | 19 | 1 |
| 2020 | 22 | 20 | 2 |
| 2021 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023 | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 0
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D
This information is publicly available in response to a written question to the Minister for Treasury and Resources, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied. A link to the requested information on gov.je is included below.
Written Question.90-2024.pdf (statesassembly.gov.je)
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