Amount spent each year on gluten free food vouchers (FOI)

​​Request

How much is spent each year on the gluten free food vouchers given out by Social Security? If possible I would like to have the amounts for the past three years.
Please could you confirm how many people in Jersey receive food vouchers for gluten free food from social security?

Response

The Social Security department and Treasury and Resources department can confirm that this information is held, and is published in the Social Security Annual Report. The requested information can be found on page 37 of the 2013 Social Security Annual Report.

Download the Social Security Annual Report 2013 (size 4.9mb)

At the time of this response, the 2014 Social Security Annual Report is exempt from immediate disclosure under Article 36 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, as it is due to be published on gov.je by the Social Security department within the next 12 weeks during the month of September.

The financial cost of the gluten free voucher scheme is also published in the Treasury and Resources Department Financial Report and Accounts:

Financial report and accounts 2014

Previous Social Security Annual Reports may also be found on gov.je:

Download the Social Security Annual Report 2012 (size 3.7mb)

Exemption(s)

FOI exemption(s) applied:

Information intended for future publication

(1) Information is qualified exempt information if, at the time when the request for the information is made, the information is being held by a public authority with a view to its being published within 12 weeks of the date of the request.
(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant –
(a) of the date when the information will be published;
(b) of the manner in which it will be published; and
(c) by whom it will be published.
(3) In this Article, “published” means published –
(a) by a public authority; or
(b) by any other person.

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.