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Number of pensioners drawing a state pension (FOI)

Number of pensioners drawing a state pension (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 19 May 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request 

In accordance with the freedom of information law, can I please be provided with the following information:

The total number of pensioners drawing a state pension in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

The total number of pensioners drawing a state pension in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 residing outside of jersey.

Response

This information for the years 2016 to 2020 is already available on OpenData, therefore Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law, 2011 has been applied.

Old Age Pension Statistics (opendata.gov.je) 

The information for 2021 is as follows;

  • Total claimants 32,948
  • On Island 19,423
  • Overseas 13,525

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.

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