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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BY SENATOR S.C. FERGUSON
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2013
Question
What are the services which the Department must supply as required and specified by statute (with references)?
Answer
The Department has recently published the Minister's Report & Financial Statements 2012 which provides extensive detail on the aims and services provided by the Social Security Department.
The table below contains a list of the services that the Minister for Social Security is under a statutory obligation to provide:
Service | Statute |
Income support is a non-contributory means tested benefit that provides targeted support for lower income households. | Income Support (Jersey) Law 2007 |
Health benefits including Short and Long Term Incapacity Allowance Invalidity Benefit Maternity benefits Adoptive Parents Grant Home Carer's Allowance Pensioner benefits including Old Age and Survivors benefits Death Grant Insolvency Benefit Collection of Class I and II contributions including payment of States Grant and provision of Home Responsibility Credits, Student Credits and Unemployment Credits | Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974 |
Medical and pharmaceutical benefit | Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967 |
Christmas Bonus | Christmas Bonus (Jersey) Law 2011 |
Television Licence benefit | Social Security (Television Licence Benefit) (Jersey) Law 2006 |
Food Cost Bonus | Food Costs Bonus (Jersey) Order 2013 |
Cold Weather Bonus | Cold Weather Bonus (Jersey) Regulations 2012 |
Service | Statute |
The department monitors and enforces: | Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 & Employment Agencies (Registration)(Jersey) Law 1969 |
The regulatory role for health and safety at work. This service is the means by which the Island complies with its responsibilities under the International Labour Organisation, Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) | Health and Safety at Work (Jersey) Law, 1989, and regulations in force under the Law. Employer's Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Jersey) Law 1973, and regulations in force under the Law. |