Confiscations at Secondary Schools 2016 to 2017 (FOI)Confiscations at Secondary Schools 2016 to 2017 (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
29 September 2017.Request
How many of the following substances were confiscated from students at secondary schools across Jersey in the school year 2016 to 17:
- Alcoholic substances
- Drugs
- Cigarettes
- E-cigarettes
- Other prohibited substances
Response
| | 2016 to 2017 |
| Alcoholic substances | <5 |
| Drugs | <5 |
| Cigarettes | 15 |
| E-Cigarettes | <5 |
| Other prohibited substances | <5 |
The Education Department are unable to provide a breakdown of the data supplied by school as the numbers are small, and as such, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied to this request.
Numbers less than five have been shown as less than five (<5). Disclosure control has been applied to the data in order to protect the identity of individual pupils.
The data previously supplied, covering the 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 academic years, can be found here.
Exemption applied
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.
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