Registered vehicles in Jersey (FOI)

​Request

Total number of vehicle in Jersey (Make & Model)

Last request was produced on 19 May 2016 and can be found here

Response

The information requested is exempt under Article 23 (Accessible by other means) and Article 36 (Future Publication) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

The Government of Jersey have committed to publish vehicle registration details quarterly on open data (Welcome - Government of Jersey Open Data).  

Information up to 31 December 2021 can currently be accessed using the following link.  

All Registered Vehicles to end December 2021.csv (Open Data.gov.je)

Once downloaded, the whole spreadsheet can be filtered to allow the extraction of the specific information required.

Registration details up to 31 March are due to be uploaded in April 2022.   Access to this and any future updates is available by using the search term 'Registered Vehicles' on the open data home page.

Articles applied

Article 23 – Information accessible 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.

Article 36 - Information intended for future publication

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.

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.