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Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 28 July 2014:

Decision Reference:  MD-S-2014-0095

Decision Summary Title :

DS - Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Date of Decision Summary:

25 July 2014

Decision Summary Author:

 

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

WR - Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Date of Written Report:

25 July 2014

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

N/A

Subject:  Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Decision(s):  The Minister decided to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the draft Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Reason(s) for Decision: 

 

The Regulations support changes made by the Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care)(Jersey) Regulations 201-.  In order for the Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care)(Jersey) Regulations 201- to make a payment independent of household income, the proposed amendments change the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007 so that only adults are eligible to receive the Personal Care level  2 and Personal Care level 3 component.

 

The Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care)(Jersey) Regulations 201- replace this entitlement in respect of children with an independent Special Payment that is set to the value of Personal Care level  2 or Personal Care  level 3. Apart from income, the new Regulations maintain the same qualifying criteria as specified in the Income Support Regulations. 

 

Resource Implications:  The Department has £22,000  (full year cost) of funding available to meet the additional cost of providing PC3 on a consistent basis to all children that qualify for this highest level of support.  This funding has been identified as part of the overall project to create £3 million savings within the income support budget in 2014.

 

The Department will submit a growth bid to MTFP2  in respect of funding for a PC2 benefit and associated administration from 2016 onwards.  The estimated cost of this is £470,000 per annum.

Funding for 2015 lies outside the current MTFP budget and will need to be identified from departmental underspends or from the use of a contingency budget.  In addition to the ongoing annual cost of £470,000  for 2015 an estimated £100,000 of additional implementation costs will need to be met, a total of £570,000.

 

One additional FTE will be required to maintain these claims.

 

 

Action required:  Policy Principal to request the Greffier of the States to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the draft legislation and to request a States debate on the sitting commencing 9th September 2014

Signature:

 

Position:

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

Income Support (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Income Support (Amendment No.12) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

 

1.     Summary
 

The proposed amendments to the Income Support (Jersey) (Regulations) 2007 facilitate the introduction of the Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care) ( Jersey) Regulations 201-.  This separate proposition creates a mechanism whereby the parents of children that meet the requirements for the highest levels of the Income Support personal care impairment award can always receive a payment in respect of the care needs of the child, independently of parental income.   These Regulations are also supported by a related Order that makes changes to the Income Support (General Provisions) Order 2008. 

2.     Function of Regulations

 

In order for the Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care) (Jersey) Regulations 201- to make a payment independent of household income, the proposed amendments change paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 of the Income Support (Jersey)(Regulations) 2007 so that only adults are eligible to receive the Personal Care level 2 and Personal Care level 3 components.

The Income Support (Special Payments)(Child Personal Care) Jersey Regulations 201- replace this entitlement in respect of children with an independent Special Payment that is set to the value of Personal Care level 2 or, where applicable, Personal Care  level 3.  Apart from income, they maintain the same qualifying criteria as specified in the Income Support Regulations. 

3.     Financial and manpower considerations

 

The Department has £22,000  (full year cost) of funding available to meet the additional cost of providing PC3 on a consistent basis to all children that qualify for this highest level of support.  This funding has been identified as part of the overall project to create £3 million savings within the income support budget in 2014.

The Department will submit a growth bid to MTFP2  in respect of funding for a PC2 benefit and associated administration from 2016 onwards.  The estimated cost of this is £470,000 per annum.

Funding for 2015 lies outside the current MTFP budget and will need to be identified from departmental underspends or from the use of a contingency budget.  In addition to the ongoing annual cost of £470,000  for 2015 an estimated £100,000 of additional implementation costs will need to be met, a total of £570,000.

One additional FTE will be required to maintain these claims.

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