Transport allowance benefit claims (FOI)Transport allowance benefit claims (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
01 October 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Please provide statisticss of claimants of any benefit who can claim a transport allowance in Jersey.
Response
Income Support is a means tested benefit, part of which is the mobility component which is available for those who have an illness or disability which seriously affects their mobility outside their home environment. There is a higher rate paid to people who work to assist with additional costs incurred travelling to and from work.
More information on the eligibility criteria for the mobility component is available in the following link:
Income Support Policy Guidelines.pdf (gov.je)
Information on the number of claimants to the mobility component is available in the following link:
Income Support Health Components (opendata.gov.je)
Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
This data is extracted in December and published in January of the following year. The latest data set held is from December 2023. From this data, the following table is relevant to the request:
Year Ending | Benefit Description | Household Type | Total Mobility _ Non-Earner | Total Mobility _Earner
|
| 31 December 2023 | Income Support
| Adults with Child/ren | 98
| <10
|
| 31 December 2023 | Income Support | 65+ | 385
| <10
|
| 31 December 2023 | Income Support | Single adult with child/ren | 86
| 0
|
| 31 December 2023 | Income Support | Adult/s without children | 386
| 25
|
| | | Total | 955 | ~25 |
Where numbers are fewer than ten, disclosure control is applied to avoid identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
2024 data of the mobility component of Income Support will be published via the above link in January 2025.
Articles 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.
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 2018.
(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 2018; 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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