Repayment of expenses by Senator Ozouf (FOI)

Request

Given recent statements made in the States Assembly by Senator Ozouf coupled with recent Freedom of Information (FOI) responses stating the Senator Ozouf had repaid the States about £11,500 would you answer the following questions please?

A

Exactly what figure did Senator Ozouf repay to the States after misusing the States credit card and when was that paid?

B

Given the statement made in the states exactly what amount did the States pay back to Senator Ozouf and what date was that repaid?

Response

A and B

Information about transactions on Senator Ozouf’s States of Jersey purchase card has been released in response to a previous Freedom of Information request. The response has recently been updated and is available through the following link:

Ministerial purchase card (FOI)

Providing a further breakdown of the transactions would exceed the cost limit provisions allowed under article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 and the 12.5 hours maximum allowed under regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. This allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

Exemptions applied

Article 16 A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.

Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.