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Information and public services for the Island of Jersey

L'înformâtion et les sèrvices publyis pouor I'Île dé Jèrri

Free TV Licences (FOI)

Free TV Licences (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 30 March 2017.

​Request

Good morning, could you inform me how many pensioners in Jersey get a free TV license? and is it paid for by the States?

Response

This information is published in the Social Security Annual Report. The 2015 report can be found here.

Social Security Annual Report 2015

Information about the TV licence benefit can be found on page 72.

Exemptions 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.

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