Number of Breach 3 notices issued to jobseekers (FOI)

​​​Request

Please supply the following statistics:

A.

The number of 'Breach 3' notices issued to jobseekers during the calendar year 2014 under Regulation 5B(4) of the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007.

B.

The total number of 'Breach 3' notices issued to jobseekers since Regulation 5B (4) of the Income Support (Jersey) Regulations 2007 came into force on 15 October 2013 up to the end of the calendar year 2014 (i.e. the number of notices issued for the calendar year 2014 asked for in 1) above in addition to the number of notices issued between 15 October 2013 and 31 December 2013)

C.

Of the above total number quoted in 2), the number of these 'Breach 3' notices that were subsequently reversed / withdrawn by the department after being issued but before reaching an independent appeal tribunal.

Response

The information you requested is:

A.

Between 01.01.2014 and 31.12.2014, 117 ‘Breach 3’ notices were issued.

B.

Between 15.10.2013 and 31.12.2014, 122 ‘Breach 3’ notices were issued.

C.

Of the 122 ‘Breach 3’ notices issued between 15.10.2013 and 31.12.2014, 16 of them have been reversed. Of these, 1 was removed following a reconsideration, while the other 15 were removed by the initial determining officer after new evidence was presented, without reaching reconsideration stage.