Common Purpose training (FOI)

Request

Of the senior appointments overseen by the JAC since January 2017, please confirm:

A

How many successful candidates disclosed that they are members and / or ambassadors of Common Purpose in their applications (CV, cover letter, any additional docs and so on) or at interview

B

How many successful candidates disclosed that they were previously members and / or ambassadors of Common Purpose in their applications (CV, cover letter, and so on) or at interview

C

How many successful candidates disclosed that they had received training from Common Purpose and / or been involved in other Common Purpose leadership / development programmes in their applications (CV, cover letter, and so on) or at interview

D

At the time of holding the role, did CEO Charlie Parker disclose any relationship past or present to Common Purpose to his employer? If so, please specify the nature of this relationship.

E

Has Interim CEO Mr Paul Martin disclosed any relationship past or present to Common Purpose? If so, please specify the nature of this relationship.

Has future CEO Ms Suzanne Wylie disclosed any relationship past or present to Common Purpose? If so, please specify the nature of this relationship.

G

Please confirm how much has been spent on training / development courses provided by Common Purpose since January 2017. In respect of each, please specify the nature of the training and which department / individual(s) benefited.

Response

A, B and C

There is no valid reason under data protection legislation to collect memberships that are not a regulatory or a statutory requirement for a professional role. Whilst candidates may have volunteered this information it is estimated that to retrieve and extract the data would take more than the 12.5 hours specified in the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 therefore applies.

D, E and F

The Government of Jersey does not hold a record of disclosures of this nature made by the applicants. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

G

Since January 2017, we have been able to identify a single instance where payment has been made to Common Purpose for the provision of training. The training was provided to and paid for by the Public Policy Division of the Strategic Policy, Performance and Planning department and the total cost was £3,360.

There are fewer than five employees in the Strategic Policy, Performance and Population department that attended training from Common Purpose. There are no further records of Government of Jersey employees attending training.

The nature of the training was a senior leadership programme. It has participants drawn from a range of public, private and voluntary organisations. The programme has three parts which support learning (i) action learning sets (ii) regional learning events with specialist speakers (iii) international learning events with specialist speakers.

Where numbers are fewer than five, disclosure control is applied to avoid identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (Personal information) has therefore been applied.

Articles applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

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.

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.