Costs for Royal visit July 2024 (5) (FOI)

​​​Request

Please confirm how much was spent in the build-up and clear up by the Government of Jersey on the visit of the King and Queen on 15 July 2024​?

Response

Information is not held by the Government of Jersey therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.  However, information may be held by the Bailiff’s Chambers.  The Bailiff’s Chambers is not a scheduled public authority under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 and therefore has no statutory duty to respond to requests for information under the law. 

Please also see the following link to a response in respect of a previous Freedom of Information request, dated 25 July 2024.  Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. Please see the following link: 

Cost of Royal visits 2024 and 2012 (FOI)

Since the above Freedom of Information response was published, the information to which Article 36 was previously applied has now been published: 

General Reserve Funding: Royal Visit 2024 (gov.je)​​

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 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​