Legal requirement for Jersey to supply census information to UK government

Published on: 29 March 2011

Question type: Oral

Asked by: Mike Higgins

Answered by: Chief Minister

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2.2 Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier of the Chief Minister regarding the supply of census information to the United Kingdom Government or the European Union:

Will the Chief Minister advise whether there is any legal requirement for Jersey to supply aggregated or non-aggregated census information to the United Kingdom Government or the European Union and if so, will he explain what information is supplied, for what purposes and under what legal requirement? If there is no current requirement, would he give an undertaking that no information will be given without the consent of this Assembly?

Senator T.A. Le Sueur (The Chief Minister):

There is no legal requirement for Jersey to supply either aggregated or non-aggregated census information to either the U.K. (United Kingdom) Government or the E.U. (European Union) and no information would be given without the consent of the Assembly.