Government of Jersey

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.

Category	Component	2012	2013
Basic Rates	Adult	92.12	92.12
Basic Rates	Single Parent (Adult + Single Parent Supplement)	132.51	132.51
Basic Rates	First child	63.98	63.98
Basic Rates	Subsequent child
Basic Rates	Household	49.56	51.31
Carer Rate	Carer	46.97	46.97
Housing Rental Caps	Hostel	76.3	78.96
Housing Rental Caps	Lodgings	109.41	113.26
Housing Rental Caps	Rented Bedsit	109.41	113.26
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 1 Bed Flat	156.31	161.77
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 2 Bed Flat	196.63	203.49
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 3 Bed Flat	223.37	231.21
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 4 Bed Flat	236.88	245.14
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 5+ Bed Flat	245.77	254.38
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 1 Bed House	177.59	183.82
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 2 Bed House	231.28	239.4
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 3 Bed House	258.02	267.05
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 4 Bed House	279.16	288.96
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 5 Bed House	303.73	314.37
Housing Rental Caps	Rented 6+ Bed House	318.29	329.42
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied Bedsit	5.67	5.88
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 1 Bed Flat	5.67	5.88
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 2 Bed Flat	5.67	5.88
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 3 Bed Flat	8.05	8.33
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 4 Bed Flat	11.41	11.83
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 5+ Bed Flat	11.41	11.83
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 1 Bed House	5.67	5.88
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 2 Bed House	8.05	8.33
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 3 Bed House	11.41	11.83
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 4 Bed House	11.41	11.83
Housing Owner Occupied Rates	Owner Occupied 5+ Bed House	11.41	11.83
Impairment Rates	Personal Care Level 1	22.96	22.96
Impairment Rates	Personal Care Level 2	101.15	101.15
Impairment Rates	Personal Care Level 3	145.25	145.25
Impairment Rates	Mobility Level 1	22.96	22.96
Impairment Rates	Mobility Level 2	45.92	45.92
Impairment Rates	Clinical Costs Level 1	3.01	3.15
Impairment Rates	Clinical Costs Level 2	6.02	6.3
Impairment Rates	Child Day Care Age 0-2	6.12	6.27
Impairment Rates	Child Day Care Age 3-4	4.78	4.9
Impairment Rates	Child Day Care Age 5-11	4.73	4.85
Childcare Hourly rate	Child Day Care Age 0-2	6.12	6.27
Childcare Hourly rate	Child Day Care Age 3-4	4.78	4.9
Childcare Hourly rate	Child Day Care Age 5-11	4.73	4.85

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

Year	Pensions Annual Rise in October in Year
2012	2.90%
2013	1.90%
2014	2.00%
2015	1.30%
2016	2.10%
2017	2.80%
2018	4.30%
2019	2.45%
2020	0.70%
2021	4.10%

Article applied

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(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.