Number of employees and pay scales (FOI)

​Request   

Please provide the following: 

A

The number of civil engineers employed by the government by their pay scale 

B

The number of pharmacists employed by the government by their pay scale 

C

The number of optometrists employed by the government by their pay scale

Response

A

Please note the above figures include all individuals with role titles containing "engineer".

B

Please note the above figures include all individuals with roles titles containing "Pharmacist". Zero Hour staff are excluded in the headcount figures.

C

The Government of Jersey does not employ any individuals with role titles containing "Optometrist".

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 has been applied.

Article applied

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 2005; and

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

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 (Jerseylaw.je) would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.