Long-Term Care Scheme FundingLong-Term Care Scheme Funding
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Request 854679462
With regard to Long-Term Care Scheme Funding for the elderly.
Please provide the following information for the most recent full financial year available.
1. How much income was received by the Long-Term Care Fund from the 1.5% Long-Term Care contribution?
2. How much was paid out by the Long-Term Care Fund in benefits during the same year?
3. How much was contributed by individuals towards their long-term care costs from their own assets or income before Long-Term Care Fund support became payable?
4. If the figure requested in Question 3 is not held, does the Government hold any estimate of the total amount paid privately by individuals towards long-term care in Jersey?
5. How much funding was provided to the Long-Term Care Fund by the taxpayer through general taxation or Government grants?
6. After taking into account Long-Term Care contributions, Government funding and any other income received by the Fund, what was the overall annual surplus or deficit for the most recent financial year?
7. Please provide the latest actuarial or financial projections held by Government showing the expected annual surplus or deficit of the Long-Term Care Fund for each of the next ten financial years.
Response
Questions 1, 2, 5 and 6:
The information requested is publicly available within the States of Jersey Annual Report and Accounts 2025 (pages 285 and 286).
Accordingly, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Questions 3 and 4:
Under the Long-term Care Scheme, individuals with certain levels of assets may be required to contribute towards their own care costs before Long-Term Care Fund support becomes payable.
Information about the scheme, including eligibility and contributions is available on the Gov.je website.
Long-Term Care benefits are paid up to the standard rate of care. Care providers may charge rates above this amount and, where this occurs, individuals may be required to meet the difference themselves. As a result, the amount paid privately by individuals will vary depending on their personal circumstances and the rates charged by their care provider.
The Department does not hold information on the total amount contributed by individuals towards their long-term care costs from their own assets or income, nor does it hold any estimate of those costs. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 therefore applies.
Question 7:
The information requested is publicly available in the Long Term Care Fund Actuarial review (R.95/2023).
Accordingly, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Exemptions applied:
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
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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