Membership of the Freemasons (FOI)

​Request

I request a list of all government staff and members of the Government of Jersey who also hold membership with any Freemasonic Lodge or society in Jersey and / or the United Kingdom.

To hold membership in a secret society is a conflict of interest and also lacks public transparency and should be made a matter of public interest.

Response

Information is available in the public domain in response to a previous FOI request. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Please see the following link

Freemason Membership (FOI)

Article 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 the information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information