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Income Support benefit and pensions (FOI)

Income Support benefit and pensions (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 11 May 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Please provide in form of a spreadsheet the last 10 years of each individual component of the Income Support benefit as an annual percentage increase.
Please provide the annual jersey pension increase for both male and female on a percentage over the same period please.

Response

The information requested for Income Support in the format of an annual percentage increase is not held. However to support this request, the actual rates for each year requested have been provided.
The table below shows the Income Support benefit rates from 2012-2013. 
CategoryComponent20122013
Basic RatesAdult
92.1292.12
Basic Rates
Single Parent (Adult + Single Parent Supplement)132.51132.51
Basic RatesFirst child63.9863.98
Basic RatesSubsequent child
Basic RatesHousehold49.5651.31
Carer RateCarer46.9746.97
Housing Rental CapsHostel76.378.96
Housing Rental CapsLodgings109.41113.26
Housing Rental CapsRented Bedsit109.41113.26
Housing Rental CapsRented 1 Bed Flat156.31161.77
Housing Rental CapsRented 2 Bed Flat196.63203.49
Housing Rental CapsRented 3 Bed Flat223.37231.21
Housing Rental CapsRented 4 Bed Flat236.88245.14
Housing Rental CapsRented 5+ Bed Flat245.77254.38
Housing Rental CapsRented 1 Bed House177.59183.82
Housing Rental CapsRented 2 Bed House231.28239.4
Housing Rental CapsRented 3 Bed House258.02267.05
Housing Rental CapsRented 4 Bed House279.16288.96
Housing Rental CapsRented 5 Bed House303.73314.37
Housing Rental CapsRented 6+ Bed House318.29329.42
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied Bedsit5.675.88
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 1 Bed Flat5.675.88
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 2 Bed Flat5.675.88
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 3 Bed Flat8.058.33
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 4 Bed Flat11.4111.83
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 5+ Bed Flat11.4111.83
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 1 Bed House5.675.88
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 2 Bed House8.058.33
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 3 Bed House11.4111.83
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 4 Bed House11.4111.83
Housing Owner Occupied RatesOwner Occupied 5+ Bed House11.4111.83
Impairment RatesPersonal Care Level 122.9622.96
Impairment RatesPersonal Care Level 2101.15101.15
Impairment RatesPersonal Care Level 3145.25145.25
Impairment RatesMobility Level 122.9622.96
Impairment RatesMobility Level 245.9245.92
Impairment RatesClinical Costs Level 13.013.15
Impairment RatesClinical Costs Level 26.026.3
Impairment RatesChild Day Care Age 0-26.126.27
Impairment RatesChild Day Care Age 3-44.784.9
Impairment RatesChild Day Care Age 5-114.734.85
Childcare Hourly rateChild Day Care Age 0-26.126.27
Childcare Hourly rateChild Day Care Age 3-44.784.9
Childcare Hourly rateChild Day Care Age 5-114.734.85
The information requested for the rates between 2014 - 2021 is contained in the written response to a States Question:

Approved and answered sen mezec to Social Security re income support.pdf (gov.je)

Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies as the information is partially accessible by other means.

Old Age Pension information

YearPensions Annual Rise in October in Year
20122.90%
2013
1.90%
20142.00%
20151.30%
2016
2.10%
20172.80%
20184.30%
2019
2.45%
20200.70%
20214.10%

Article applied

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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