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Title:	Condition of a recently vacated States rental property
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Housing Committee
Question date:	17/02/2004
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It had been like that for months …and complaints from the neighbours … (a) Would the President explain why there is no record of any such complaints on the file of the tenant …

Title:	Number of evictions carried out in recent months
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Housing Committee
Question date:	20/01/2004
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Will the President inform members of– (a) the total number of evictions that are currently being pursued … (b) the number of families evicted in recent months …

Title:	Housing property vacated by a tenant and its refurbishment
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Housing Committee
Question date:	03/02/2004
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REVISED 1240/5(2041) QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY 2004 BY DEPUTY G.P. SOUTHERN OF ST. HELIER Question 1 In an …

Title:	Rental subsidy schemes for tenants with savings
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Housing Committee
Question date:	16/03/2004
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Answer The rent subsidy schemes are not enshrined in law but operate under States' and Housing Committee policy … As it is States' policy which was changed by approval of P.74/2003 …

Title:	Consultation on the Employment Relations Law
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Employment and Social Security Committee
Question date:	28/09/2004
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Will the President publish the full list of consultees initially contacted … (b) Is the Committee satisfied that the proposed Law complies with the requirements of Article 3 of the …

Title:	Figures in respect of Short Term Incapacity Allowances
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Employment and Social Security Committee
Question date:	07/12/2004
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(b) explain the meaning of the answer to question 2(a) that “if the CRSP research set the level of contributory benefits, this would mean substantial reductions in benefits …

Title:	Income Support scheme to be delivered in 2006
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Employment and Social Security Committee
Question date:	23/11/2004
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(b) what assumptions have been, or will be, given to OXERA in order that they may properly model the costs of benefits, for example, of the approved three tier disability system …

Title:	Proposed new income support system and funding mechanism for citizens fund
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Employment and Social Security Committee
Question date:	23/11/2004
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(b) what funding mechanism is envisaged for the ‘citizens fund’, shown on page 3 of the report, given that the ‘exceptional costs’ on page 8 of the report are currently met …

Title:	The collection of taxes in Jersey
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	25/05/2004
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This equates to – GST (Jersey) 3.88 pence per £1. Will the President confirm that …

Title:	When wil the draft Data Protection Law (Jersey) 200- be completed ready for debate
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	03/02/2004
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Question Would the President inform members when the replacement for the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 1987 will be completed and whether there are any obstacles to hinder it …

Title:	Effects of proposed tax rate rises on middle earners
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	07/12/2004
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Answer No one has, as yet, provided a definition of what constitutes ‘middle earners’ and ‘higher earners’ but I can confirm that under the ’20 per cent means 20 per cent …

Title:	Impact of withdrawal of income tax allowances on Financial Services Industry
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	25/05/2004
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(b) whether the Committee has evidence that such practice is common-place in the FSI, and, if so, to what extent? and, (c) whether the practice of ‘tax compensation’ is …

Title:	Income tax arrangements of 1(1)(k) residents
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	25/05/2004
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Answer The Committee is prepared to seek a legal opinion from the Law Officers’ Department on this matter … However, even if the existing income tax arrangements can be …

Title:	Number of tax avoidance cases and introduction of GST
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	11/05/2004
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Will the President inform members – (a) how many cases in total were ruled on in the full year to April 2004 along with the total value involved under Article 134A …

Title:	Proposed 2005 Budget and income tax proposals
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	23/11/2004
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134A; and, (c) new information and enforcement powers … Answer (a) The reference to taxation of profits from property development contained on page xvii is in …

Title:	Proposed tax reforms and paper entitled Facing the Future
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	16/03/2004
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Would the President inform members – (a) why, in the Committee’s paper ‘Facing the Future’, the table on page 6 indicates clearly that extra income tax for a …

Title:	Preventing further hardship for the less well off by protecting Social Security benefits
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	20/01/2004
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Would the President assure members that he will seek to prevent further hardship to those least well off in the community by protecting both the Social Security Benefits system …

Title:	Tax reforms and changes to allowances
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	30/03/2004
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Will the President inform members by how much this figure will be raised if – (a) the children were in higher education … (b) the wife/spouse was working? and …

Title:	Transactions under Article 134A of the Income Tax Law
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	28/09/2004
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(b) if all the transactions had been wholly counteracted, how much extra tax would have been collected, and how much extra tax was actually collected …

Title:	Zero Ten tax package and proposals to generate revenue from businesses
Question type:	Written
Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
Answered by:	Finance and Economics Committee
Question date:	02/03/2004
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Would the President – (a) outline what measures the Committee proposes to generate some revenue from business, or (b) explain to members why the Committee has departed from …