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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BY DEPUTY S.Y. MÉZEC OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 19th JANUARY 2016

Question

Following the abolition last September of Income Support (IS)for people aged under-25 who live with their families, how many of those who were formally claiming IS have since found work and how many are no longer registered as actively seeking work, but have not registered as employed'?

Answer

The position at the end of December 2015 of those claimants aged under-25 who were Actively Seeking Work (ASW) and had their own Income Support claim in July 2015 was as follows:

 

Category

% of total

Employed

40%

Actively Seeking Work

39%

Turned down support from Back to Work

9%

JET

5%

Full time education

3%

Other

3%

Table does not equal 100% due to rounding.