States Members travel costs for Queen’s lying-in-state (1) (FOI) States Members travel costs for Queen’s lying-in-state (1) (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
21 October 2022.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
There are five Jersey Politicians that have been invited to pay their respects to the Queen. Are all related travel and accommodation costs being met by themselves personally or are they coming out of the public purse, and if so, what is the total cost?
Response
Information is publicly available in response to a previous Freedom of Information response. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
States Members travel costs for Queen's lying-in-state FOI (gov.je)
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