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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY M. R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2015

Question

With regard to each States Department (breaking the Chief Minister's Department down into its relevant sections and Home Affairs into its relevant sections including Police and Customs) will the Chief Minister advise members how many subject access requests under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005:

  1. have been filed against the department each year since 1st January 2010;
  2. how many have been filed since 1st January 2015;
  3. how many of these requests were completed within the 40 day period;
  4. how many subject access requests have remained unanswered after 3 months, 6 months and 1 year or more?

Answer

Please note that some SARs were completed after 40 days but before 3 months so are not shown in the table.

 

SOCIAL SECURITY

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2010

31

 

28

0

0

0

2011

43

 

40

0

0

0

2012

36

 

35

0

0

0

2013

38

 

37

0

0

0

2014

59

 

59

0

0

0

(As at 10/11/15) 2015

 

55

(7 still in progress) 48

0

0

0

Please note that the small number of requests that have taken more than 40 days to complete have, for example, had multiple areas to cover or involved confirming the release of information with a third party.

 

STATES GREFFE

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

None

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

None

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

TREASURY AND RESOUCES

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2011

1

0

1

0

0

0

2012

1

0

1

0

0

0

2015

0

1

0

1

0

0

EDUCATION SPORT & CULTURE

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2010

4

 

3

0

0

1

2011

1

 

1

0

0

0

2012

1

 

1

0

0

0

2013

2

 

2

0

0

0

2014

4

 

4

0

0

0

2015 (1.1.15 to date)

 

3

3

0

0

0

 

CHIEF MINISTERS DEPARTMENT

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

Financial Services

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ministry for External Relations

0

0

0

0

0

0

Human Resources

34

18

33

0

0

0

 

HOME AFFAIRS

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

Jersey Fire & Rescue Service

1

0

Yes

0

0

0

Jersey Customs and Immigration Service

1

0

Yes

0

0

0

Superintendent Registrar

0

0

0

0

0

0

Prison

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jersey Field Squadron

0

0

0

0

0

0

Police 2010

1350

 

1350

 

 

 

2011

1180

 

1179

 

 

1

2012

1153

 

1148

 

1

4

2013

1213

 

1210

1

2

 

2014

982

 

980

1

1

 

2015

 

164

163

1

 

 

  • Due to the way in which historic records have been stored, no information is available to suggest that any response times exceeded 40 days, although this cannot be guaranteed.
  • The reduction in the number of requests which started in 2014 and which continued in 2015 is explained by the introduction of Basic Police Disclosures as an alternative to the subject access route.

 

TRANSPORT & TECHNICAL SERVICES

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

 

3

3

Yes + 1 in process

0

0

0

 

LAW OFFICERS' DEPARTMENT

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2010

0

0

0

0

0

0

2011

0

0

0

0

0

0

2012

1

0

1

0

0

0

2013

0

0

0

0

0

0

2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

2015

 

3

2

0

0

0

 

ENVIRONMENT

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2010

0

 

0

0

0

0

2011

1

 

1

0

0

0

2012

1

 

0

0

0

0

2013

2

 

2

0

0

0

2014

13

 

12

0

0

0

2015 (as at 12/11/2015)

 

7

7

0

0

0

 

HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

SARs since 1st Jan 2010

SARs since 1st Jan 2015

Completed within 40 days

Unanswered after 3 months

Unanswered after 6 months

Unanswered after 1 year or more

2010

85

109 (of which, 10 currently open and within 40 days)

no data

no data

no data

no data

2011

89

no data

no data

no data

no data

2012

124

no data

no data

no data

no data

2013

157

no data

no data

no data

no data

2014

103

83

1

1

0

2015

109

89

0

0

0

SARs can take longer than 40 days because:

  • They are complex cases requiring dialogue with the requester to define exactly what they are looking for. Sometimes they do not immediately respond to our communications with them; we do not "stop the clock" in such cases.
  • For large and complex cases, we may make staged disclosures to the requester.
  • Some clients come back several times to request additional information – this may not be treated as a new SAR, and will consequently extend the time taken to complete the request.