Short and Long Term Incapacity Allowance (FOI)Short and Long Term Incapacity Allowance (FOI)
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09 November 2017.Request
I would like the Statistics / Records over the last three years of:
A
How many Short Term Incapacity Allowance (STIA) claims were made for all medical conditions?
B
How many STIA claims were rejected for all medical conditions?
C
How many STIA claims were then changed / moved to Long Term Incapacity Allowance (LTIA) for all medical conditions?
D
How many STIA claims were made for just the medical condition Hernia?
E
How many STIA claims were rejected for just the medical condition Hernia?
F
How many STIA claims were then changed / moved to LTIA for the medical condition Hernia?
G
How many STIA claims were made for just the medical condition Lipoma?
H
How many STIA claims were rejected for just the medical condition Lipoma?
I
How many STIA claims were then changed / moved to LTIA for the medical condition Lipoma?
J
How many LTIA claims were made for the medical condition Hernia and what % incapacity / allowance was given?
K
How many LTIA claims were made for the medical condition Lipoma and what % incapacity / allowance was given?
Response
A - STIA claims made | 25,752 | 26,114 | 27,586 | 18,669 | 98,121 |
| B - STIA claims rejected | 2,393 | 2,449 | 2,499 | 1,497 | 8,838 |
| C - STIA claims changed / moved to LTIA | 51 | 51 | 35 | 31 | 168 |
| D - Hernia STIA claims made | 12 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 57 |
| E - Hernia STIA claims rejected | Five or less therefore Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applied |
| F - Hernia STIA claim changed / moved to LTIA | Five or less therefore Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applied |
| J - Hernia LTIA breakdown/% | Five or less therefore Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applied |
Lipoma does not have a specific ailment code, we are therefore unable to answer questions G, H, I and K.
Exemption applied
Article 25 Personal information
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.
(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if -
(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and
(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.
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