Cost of Living Group (FOI)

​​Request 690561306

1.

When was the Cost of Living group formed?

2.

Please list the members of the Cost of Living Group

3.

How many times has it met since its inception?

4.

When did the group last meet?

5.

When is the Cost of Living group next due to meet?

6.

Are the minutes of the Cost of Living group available for the public to see? If so, please provide the link to the minutes. If not, why not?

Response

1&2.

This information is publicly available on the gov.je via the below link. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.  

Cost of Living Ministerial Group: Establishment & Terms of Reference.gov.je​

3. 

13

4. 

30th January 2025

5. 

26th March 2025

6. 

Minutes of the group are not published in order to maintain a confidential safe space that provides for frank, candid and open discussions between Ministers, including considering sensitive matters around economic policy and the development of fiscal policy. Ministers and officers must be at liberty to express their views, without being unduly influenced by the publication of minutes, and introducing an observed element to the decision-making process could have an impact on the content and nature of discussions. This is the same treatment applied to Part B Council of Minister’s Minutes.

Article applied 

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.​