Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (Jersey) (FOI)

​​​Request

Please provide a copy of the Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (Jersey), for the review period January - December 2023.

If this is Report is not available, please provide information as to why this is the case given that:

The Commissioner's annual report to the Bailiff with respect to the carrying out the Commissioner's functions, is to be made as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year (Article 44(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Jersey) Law 2005 (RIPL)); and

The Bailiff is required to cause a copy of the Commissioner's annual report to be laid before the States (Article 44(7) of RIPL).

There is a clear public interest in making this annual report available. The Commissioner's role is designed to provide oversight of the various public officials and public authorities who are authorised to use intrusive powers of investigation with a view to promoting best practice by those public officials within those public authorities and to enhance public confidence in the operation of the statutory scheme.

Previous annual reports have been made available on the website of the States Report. The report for the calendar year ending 31 December 2023 is not available, however, despite almost a further year passing.

Response

This information is now made available to the States Assembly, please see the link below:-

States Assembly | R.9/2025​

As the information is publicly available, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

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