Funding for Battle of Flowers (FOI)

​​Request

A

Please provide the total amount of grant funding provided by Government of Jersey to the Battle of Flowers over the past five years, including 2024.

B

Please provide any associated contractual terms relating to the funding.

Response

A

Information in relation to grant funding for the last five years is provided in the table below:

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B

This information is considered commercially sensitive, Article 33 of the Freedom of information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore 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 

Article 33 (b) is a prejudice-based exemption. That means that to engage this exemption there must be a likelihood that disclosure would cause prejudice to the interest that the exemption protects. In addition, this is a qualified exemption, and consideration must be given to the public interest in maintaining the exemption.

The Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) considers that providing information could prejudice the commercial interests of the Government of Jersey and / or third parties. There may be public interest in the commercial information, however it was considered that this is outweighed by the potential for commercial and or financial damage.​