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Income Support (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 26 May 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2016-0036

Decision Summary Title :

DS – Draft Income Support (Amendment No.14) (Jersey Regulations 201-

Date of Decision Summary:

25 May 2016

Decision Summary Author:

Policy Principal

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

WR – Draft Income Support (Amendment No.14) (Jersey Regulations 201-

Date of Written Report:

25 May 2016

Written Report Author:

Policy Principal

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject: Draft Income Support (Amendment No.14) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Decision(s): The Minister decided to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the Draft Income Support (Amendment No.14) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

The draft Income Support Regulations are proposed in order to increase (uprate) the value of certain components in October of this year. Whereas most Income Support components are being held at current levels throughout the whole of 2016 as part of the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) benefit package agreed last year, financial provision has been made for increases in the accommodation and childcare components in each year of this MTFP.

 

The regulations provide new maximum levels for the support available to owner occupiers and to Income Support tenants renting in the private sector. The average increase is 5.2%, reflecting the underlying improvement in the quality of social housing stock owned by Andium (which provides the benchmark for these costs) as well as a cost of living uplift.

 

The Regulations also make an increase of the value of the child day care component rates of 1.7%, which represents the increase in the Retail Price Index from December 2014 to March 2016.

Resource Implications: There are no manpower implications for these changes.

 

The cost of increasing the accommodation components is estimated to be £575,000 for a full year. The cost of increasing the childcare components is estimated to be £15,000 for a full year.

These increased costs are incorporated in the Medium term Financial Plan.

Action required: Policy Principal to request the Greffier of the States to arrange to lodge the Draft Regulations ‘au Greffe’ on or before 31 May 2016, to be listed for the States sitting of 12 July 2016.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister

 

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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