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Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 201-

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A decision made 28 September 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2012-0081

Decision Summary Title :

DS – Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 201-.

Date of Decision Summary:

28 September 2012

Decision Summary Author:

Strategy and Policy Director

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 (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 201-.

Date of Written Report:

28 September 2012

Written Report Author:

Strategy and Policy Director

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2012.

Decision(s): The Minister made the Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2012.

Reason(s) for Decision: This amendment updates the General Provisions Order in line with recent changes to income support administration and to reflect recent changes in the definition of an income support household.

 

The amendment also increases the value of the pension disregard in respect of income support claimants aged 65 and above, in line with the recent increase in the full rate of the Jersey old-age pension.

Resource Implications: There are no manpower implications in respect of this Order.

The  additional cost of income support following the improvement in the pension disregard is included within  the cash limit for the Department

Action required: Strategy and Policy Director to notify the Greffe and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made and to forward the signed and sealed Order to the States Greffe, requesting the Greffier of the States to arrange for the Order to be notified to the States.

Signature:

 

Position:

Minister

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

Income Support (General Provisions) Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 201-

Income Support (General Provisions) (Amendment No 9) (Jersey) Order 201-

Changes to the Income Support General Provisions Order have been made in order to bring various areas of the Order in line with recent changes in Income Support Regulations and the administration of the Income Support Benefit. 

A new Income Support application form and award letter have been created, leading to the need to amend sections of the legislation that deal with the notification of benefit awarded to claimants, and further amendments to the nature of information specified on application for benefit are needed due to the recent change in Income Support residency requirements.

In addition, as noted in the report accompanying P.56 (Income Support Regulations (Amendment No 8)), the disregard in respect of pension income available to claimants aged 65 and above has been  increased in line with the uprating of the Jersey old-age pension.

Weekly values

OAP 2011

Weekly Increase for 1/10/2012 (1.5%)

2011 IS 65+ disregard

New IS 65+ disregard

Single

£184.45

£2.80

£42.28

£45.08

Couple

£306.25

£4.62

£27.23*

£29.05*

 

*  Additional amount in respect of 2nd adult aged 65+

A decision on the changes to the earned income disregard will be considered later  in the year, in conjunction with a review of other employment-related aspects of Income Support legislation.

Financial and Manpower considerations

The total cost of the package of Income Support component rate and disregard changes in 2013 will be within the total of £2.64 million, as allowed for in the Treasury provisions for uprating in the Medium Term Financial Plan. This figure allows for an element of growth in the volume of Income Support claimants during 2013.

 

The changes will take place from 1st October 2012 and the increased cost in 2012 is provided for in the current departmental cash limit.

 

 

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