Government Gifts and Hospitality register (FOI)

​Request

A

Please kindly provide a list of recorded gifts and hospitality received by civil servants from 2022 to the present date. This should be in a table format and be broken down by department.

B

Please kindly provide a list of recorded gifts and hospitality received by Ministers and Assistant Ministers from 2022 to the present date. This should be in a table format and be broken down by department.

Both tables should include: date, gift giver and receiver, department, exact nature of hospitality/gift received, value of this and, if recorded, reason for receipt.

Response

A.

Please see the list of gifts and hospitality recorded in the States of Jersey corporate register received by civil servants from 2022. 

Attachment.pdf​

Some information has been withheld in accordance with Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

B

The gifts and hospitality for all States Members are already published on the States Assembly website, please see the link below. As this information is publicly available, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

States Assembly | All elected States Members​

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.​