Rental income for Maritime House (FOI)

​Request 683298349

Please provide the annual rental paid to Government of Jersey by Ports of Jersey Limited for its occupation of Maritime House for each year since 2016.

Response

The information you have requested regarding funds paid by Ports of Jersey Limited to use Maritime House is exempt under Article 33(b) (Commercial Interests) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as the information is commercially sensitive.

Article 33 is a qualified exemption; therefore, a public interest test has been applied and is shown at the end of this response.

Article applied

Article 33 - Commercial interests

Information is qualified exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes a trade secret; or

(b) its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).

Public Interest Test

Article 33 is a qualified exemption, and a public interest test should be carried out by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) to determine whether the information should be released.

It is in the public interest to be made aware of any funds received by the SPA (the Government of Jersey) in relation to the use of Maritime House.  

However, the release of the usage fee could potentially disadvantage Ports of Jersey Limited (POJ) and the Government of Jersey’s ability to retain commercial advantage in any future negotiations regarding this site.  

Therefore, it is considered that the likely prejudice to POJ and to the Government of Jersey, should this information be released, outweighs the argument that the release is in the public interest.​