Questions

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• Title:	Are any moves are imminent to discontinue the practice of the costs of residential or nursing care recovered from the proceeds of the sale of a resident’s home or from a resident’s estate
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Roy Le Hérissier
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/12/2006
  Reference:

  Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security … I remind Members that RC.49/2004 … 2.3.2 Deputy J.A. Martin: I would have liked the Minister to answer Deputy Le Hérissier’s …

• Title:	What is definition of long-term unemployed do the unemployment statistics include those in receipt of Long-Term Incapacity Allowance
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Deidre Mezbourian
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	26/09/2006
  Reference:

  Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security … There is no definitive measure of unemployment in Jersey … Neither has long-term unemployment ever been properly defined …

• Title:	Are details of unwanted prescription drugs returned to dispensing pharmacies reported to the Department what is the percentage and value of those returns
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Gerard Baudains
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	18/07/2006
  Reference:

  2.5.3 Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier: The Minister has already stated that nobody … 2.5.4 Deputy J.A. Martin: So, can I take the answer is no one is policing this, Sir …

• Title:	Questions to Ministers without notice Social Security
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	26/09/2006
  Reference:

  Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security): The Work Zone team has the … 4.5 Deputy J.A. Martin: I would like to ask the Minister about the further consultation on …

• Title:	What are the monthly employment figures for 2006 and how often they are published
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Alan Breckon
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	12/09/2006
  Reference:

  Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security … The registered unemployment figures for 2006 are as follows: January 477; February 444; March 402; April 409; May 420; June …

• Title:	In 2001 to 2005 amount family allowance has remained constant and number of beneficiaries reduced by 21 per cent and why the decline point and datum income has not been fully indexed to alleviate child poverty
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/12/2006
  Reference:

  Will he also explain why the decline point and the datum income since 1991 on the … 2.5.3 Deputy J.A. Martin: I am pleased to hear that the Minister keeps telling us that the …

• Title:	Questions to Ministers without notice Social Security
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	14/03/2006
  Reference:

  If he does, when will that be and what priority does he give to it … Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security): The answer to the question is, plainly, yes …

• Title:	In the cost of living comparisons between the U.K. and Jersey is the Minister satisfied that the rate at which the minimum wage has been set is adequate
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Alan Breckon
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	28/03/2006
  Reference:

  Senator P.F. Routier (The Minister for Social Security … I do not believe you can compare Jersey and the U.K., or indeed any other country in this particular way … So, I think it is a …

• Title:	The Minister advised that there about 400,000 individual records on computer of which a quarter are active how many of these people are currently working and paying Social Security contributions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Judy Martin
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	24/10/2006
  Reference:

  2.11 Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier of the Minister for Social Security regarding the … Deputy P.N. Troy of St. Brelade … 2.11.3 Deputy J.A. Martin: I am still slightly confused …

• Title:	What detailed progress has been made during the development of the income support scheme to decide what aspects of housing benefits will be included in the scheme
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Judy Martin
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	31/01/2006
  Reference:

  the Social Affairs Scrutiny Panel of which Deputy Martin is a member to request that they take … 2.8.4 Deputy J. A. Martin: On hearing that answer, could the Deputy tell the House how …