Renovation of the Howard Davis Park Billiards Room (FOI)

​​​Request

A

How much did it cost to renovate the Howard Davis Park Billiards Room? 

B

How much rental income has been received to date?

Response

A

Howard Davis Hall was funded by a grant under the Fiscal Stimulus Fund (FSF) in 2021 / 2022. It was awarded £750,000 by the FSF.

B

Releasing this information would jeopardise any future lease or agreement, therefore Article 33(b) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

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

Since the exemption which is engaged is a qualified, not an absolute, exemption, a public interest test has been conducted as required by Article 9(2) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 to assess whether, in all circumstances of the case, the public interest in supplying the information is outweighed by the public interest in not doing so. Information disclosed is considered to be public information, and while there is a presumption towards disclosure, consideration needs to be given as to who will have access to this information beyond the requestor and the purposes for which they could use the information. 

The Government of Jersey has assessed the impact of releasing specific information regarding rental income, in order to decide whether disclosure would, or would likely, prejudice their commercial interests or those of any third party(ies). This information, if released, would likely prejudice their commercial interests, including future lease negotiations.​​