Rural Economy Strategy report (FOI)

Request

On 24 January, BBC News reported this:

"Jersey's Economic Development minister has rejected claims his department has taken two years to come up with a plan for the island's farming industry. [Redacted], an islander who grows organic produce, said delays in publishing a clear plan for Jersey's countryside shows a lack of interest in farming. He said he'd been asking for almost two years where the Rural Economic Strategy is. But Minister Senator Lyndon Farnham expressed surprise at the criticism, saying a new plan will be published tomorrow."

As it is now 26 January, and there is still no sign of the new plan, could I know the date when it is expected to be published, and whether it will also include a section on food security?

Could I also have an explanation as to why the Minister said "tomorrow" when this was not the case?

Response

The Rural Economy Strategy 2017 to 2021 is published on www.gov.je and can be found at the link below:

Rural Economy Strategy 2017 to 2021

The remaining information requested is not held.

Exemption applied

Article 23 or the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge. 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.