Questions

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• Title:	Drug prescriptions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Andrew Lewis
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/03/2015
  Reference:

  A.D. Lewis of St. Helier of the Minister for Social Security regarding drug prescriptions … Deputy S.J. Pinel of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security … G.P.s, and to a less …

• Title:	(201) The publication of a report on the potential impact of a significant rise in the minimum wage
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Sam Mézec
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	28/03/2017
  Reference:

  Deputy S.J. Pinel of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security … The Employment Forum are directed by the Minister for Social Security in April as to what they independently …

• Title:	163. The impact of Departments policies on households reliant upon income support
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	14/03/2017
  Reference:

  Deputy S.J. Pinel of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security … of Ministers, one would hope that the Minister for Social Security will also be taking action to help those …

• Title:	OQ.44/2018 What work, if any, is being done further to the recommendation in paragraph 110 of ‘Living on Low Income’ (S.R.4/2016)
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	06/03/2018
  Reference:	/2018

  3 Deputy M. Tadier of the Minister for Social Security regarding what work, if any, is being done … Deputy S.J. Pinel of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	Training for Back to Work officers
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/03/2015
  Reference:

  What measures are in place to ensure that Back to Work officers have had sufficient training in dealing with those with … Deputy S.J. Pinel (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	173. Progress of consultation undertaken by the Employment Forum on family friendly legislation and policies
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Louise Doublet
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	14/03/2017
  Reference:

  What updates, if any, has the Minister received from the Employment Forum, regarding the progress of its consultation on family … Deputy S.J. Pinel (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	Income Support rental reductions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/03/2015
  Reference:

  Deputy S.J. Pinel (The Minister for Social Security … Then answer tabled to written question … As Minister for Social Security I am not in a positon to comment on Andium’s waiting list …

• Title:	Potential impact of the redundancies of employees in the cleaning and Parks and Gardens services on the budget for Income Support and on Social Security contributions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	22/03/2016
  Reference:

  What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Infrastructure concerning the potential impact of the … Deputy S.J. Pinel of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	(200) Figures showing the real-term reductions which had been made to Income Support components
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	28/03/2017
  Reference:

  Will the Minister produce for Members the figures relating to real-term cuts in income support components that demonstrated a … Deputy S.J. Pinel (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	Future rent rebate policy including supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Gerard Baudains
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	04/03/2014
  Reference:

  agreed by Members and required the Minister for Social Security to make certain amendments to the Income …

• Title:	OQ.51/2023 The Social Security Fund
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Lyndsay Feltham
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	21/03/2023
  Reference:	OQ.51/2023

  17 Deputy L.V. Feltham of the Minister for Social Security regarding the Social Security Fund (OQ.51 … Deputy E. Millar (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	Questions without notice Social Security
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	06/03/2012
  Reference:

  The first question period is to the Minister for Social Security … the House on the proposition from the Minister for Social Security can at any time review a law …

• Title:	Review of policy for those hospitalised losing their entitlement to certain Income Support components including supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	04/03/2014
  Reference:

  3.10 Deputy M. Tadier of the Minister for Social Security regarding a review of the policy whereby …

• Title:	Does a working mother employed 5 hours a day, 5 days a week on the minimum wage currently falls below the low income threshold rendering her ineligible to claim sickness and other benefits
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	14/03/2006
  Reference:

  � Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding the Social Security low income … Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security … So, a person on a minimum …

• Title:	OQ.92/2020 Prospective widening of the eligibility criteria for Income Support during the Coronavirus situation
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	24/03/2020
  Reference:	OQ.92/2020

  10 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding the prospective widening of the … Deputy J.A. Martin (The Minister for Social Security … I just want to make sure …

• Title:	OQ.46/2023 Deemed income
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	21/03/2023
  Reference:	OQ.46/2023

  14 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding deemed income (OQ.46/2023 … You are not going to ask for a … Deputy E. Millar (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	OQ.60/2022 P and O Ferries contracts
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/03/2022
  Reference:	OQ.60/2022

  8 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding P & O Ferries contracts (OQ.60 … Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	OQ.79/2020 Process followed when an Islander was informed of the suspension of their Income Support claim
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kevin Pamplin
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	09/03/2020
  Reference:	OQ.79/2020

  Pamplin of St. Saviour of the Minister for Social Security regarding the process followed when an … Deputy J.A. Martin (The Minister for Social Security … As soon as the information is …

• Title:	In order to deliver the 10 per cent cuts in the comprehensive spending review by 2013, will the Minister not reduce the index-linking or cut levels of individual benefits
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	09/03/2010
  Reference:

  G.P. Southern of St. Helier of the Minister for Social Security regarding the impact of the Comprehensive … Deputy I.J. Gorst of St. Clement (The Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	OQ.71/2020 Access to healthcare and sickness benefit by those people who had self-isolated as a consequence of the outbreak of Coronavirus
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Robert Ward
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	09/03/2020
  Reference:	OQ.71/2020

  18 Deputy R.J. Ward of the Minister for Social Security regarding the access to healthcare and sickness … Deputy J.A. Martin (The Minister for Social Security … At the moment, it is one …