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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY T.M. PITMAN OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 8th OCTOBER 2013
Question
Further to his answer on 24th September 2013 will the Chief Minister provide an estimate of the full court and case costs arising from the secret court proceedings against former Senator Stuart Syvret and show this in relation to the annual court budget for the period concerned?
Answer
As explained at the last States sitting on 24th September 2013, the costs incurred by the Data Protection Commissioner's Office on this case amounted to just over £387,000 for a 6 year period from 2008 to September 2013. These costs were met from the court and case costs budget administered by the Judicial Greffe.
The only additional costs were £14,010 incurred by the Bailiff 's Chambers, which were also met from the court and case costs budget. The Judicial Greffe incurred no additional costs.
This means the total cost of the case to the court and case costs budget was £401,010. Court and case costs budget ( Bailiff 's Chambers and Judicial Greffe) (£):
9 months Full year Full year Full year Full year Full year 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 3,373,718 4,117,900 3,753,555 5,224,482 4,171,552 2,863,710
Total for 6 year period (£):
23,504,917
The departmental budgets for the Court Services and the Data Protection Commissioner's Office from 2012 – 2015 are publicly available on page 49 of the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Past expenditure can be found in the States of Jersey Financial Report and Accounts for each year.
These documents are all available on www.gov.je