Number of electric cars in Jersey (FOI)

​​​Request

A

How many electric cars are currently registered in Jersey?

B

How many charging points exist in public car parks?

Response

A

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 which can be accessed via the link below:

Welcome - Government of Jersey Open Data (opendata.gov.je) ​

Information up to 30 September 2023 can currently be accessed using the following link. 

All Registered Vehicles to end of 30 September 2023.csv (opendata.gov.je) 

Once downloaded, the whole spreadsheet can be filtered to allow the extraction of the specific information required, for example cars registered for a specific period by fuel type.

Registration details up to 30 December are due to be uploaded in January 2024.  These details and any future updates can be accessed by using the search term ‘Registered Vehicles’ on the open data home page.

B

There are 37 charging points in the Government of Jersey’s public car parks.

There may be additional charging points in the parishes public car parks, however, this information is not held by the Government of Jersey, therefore, Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

However, it may be held by the parishes so you might wish to send your information request in writing to: 

FOI@comite.je​

Or by post to:  Parish FOI, East Wing, RJA & HS, Trinity, JE3 5JP

You can also find out more about making an FOI request to the parishes via the link below: 

How to Make an FOI Request (comite.je)​

Articles applied

Article 10 - Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information, it must inform the applicant accordingly.

(2) If a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority and –

(a) the information is absolutely exempt information or qualified exempt information; or

(b) if the authority does not hold the information, the information would be absolutely exempt

information or qualified exempt information if it had held it,the authority may refuse to inform the applicant whether or not it holds the information if it is satisfied that, in all the circumstances of the case, it is in the public interest to do so.

(3) If a scheduled public authority so refuses –

(a) it shall be taken for the purpose of this Law to have refused to supply the information requested on the ground that it is absolutely exempt information; and

(b) it need not inform the applicant of the specific ground upon which it is refusing the request or, if the authority does not hold the information, the specific ground upon which it would have refused the request had it held the information.

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.

Article 36 - 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.

Public Interest Test 

Article 36 is a qualified exemption, which means that a public interest test has to be undertaken to examine the circumstances of the case and decide whether, on balance, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

Public interest considerations favouring disclosure 

• ​disclosure of the information would support transparency and promote accountability to the general public. 

Public interest considerations favouring withholding the information

It is intended to publish registration data within 12 weeks of the receipt of this request on www.opendata.gov.je. The information is currently being collated prior to publication and therefore it is not possible to release it at this stage.​