Nationality of benefit recipients (FOI)Nationality of benefit recipients (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
25 June 2020.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
I want stats of people receiving income support - based on nationality. So how many Jersey people are on income support (I want Jersey born and UK born split) how many UK born people are on income support, how many Portuguese people are on income support, Polish etc.
Response
As of 24 June 2020, there are 11,693 people receiving Income Support; this figure includes children.
Nationality | Number of people |
| British | 4693 |
| Jersey | 4568 |
| Portuguese | 1218 |
| Polish | 444 |
| Elsewhere in the World | 284 |
| Other European Country | 169 |
| Romanian | 160 |
| Irish | 157 |
Total | 11,693 |
It should be noted that nationality may not be place of birth, as people may carry forward the nationality of their parents.
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