Summary/Decision
1. On 10 March 2024, the Complainant requested certain information from the Office of the Chief Executive (the SPA) about a dossier (the Dossier) received by the SPA from the JFSC in respect of a particular business licence application, together with any related email correspondence (the Request).
2. The SPA wrote to the Complainant on 14 May 2024 (the Response) stating that the Dossier was no longer held by the SPA. In terms of the email correspondence, the SPA provided certain email correspondence which was redacted (the Withheld Information), citing the exemptions at Arts.25 and 31 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (the FOI Law). The Complainant did not agree with the Response and requested an internal review on 2 April 2024 (the IR Request).
3. The SPA responded to the IR Request on 22 July 2024 (the IR Response)
a. confirming that the Dossier was not held; and
b. providing some amended correspondence that had previously been withheld under Art.25 of the FOI Law.
4. In all other respects, the Response was upheld by the reviewers.
5. The Complainant did not agree with the outcome of the Internal Review and issued an appeal to the Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) on 23 July 2024 (the Appeal).
6. The Commissioner’s decision is that the appeal is partially upheld. The SPA must provide the Complainant with the information set out in Appendix 2 of this Decision Notice within 35 days.
