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• Title:	Questions to Minister without notice Health and Social Services
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Health and Social Services
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  That concludes question time on notice and we come then to Questions to Ministers Without … 3.4 Deputy S. Pinel of St. Clement: While the White Paper deals extensively with the long …

• Title:	How many clients of the Jersey Employment Trust have been placed within government departments on work experience with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Jackie Hilton
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Senator F. du H. Le Gresley (The Minister for Social Security): As Minister for Social Security, I am responsible for providing an …

• Title:	Number of recipients automatically awarded level 3 impairment when Income Support was introduced with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  2.5 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding those Income Support recipients classified …

• Title:	Social Security payments for employed pensioners with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Sarah Ferguson
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
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  2.8 Senator S.C. Ferguson of the Minister for Social Security regarding … Why is it that if a …

• Title:	Use of zero hours contract staff with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  2.10 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding … Does the Minister accept that …

• Title:	Number of staff employed on temporary or 'zero-hours' contracts
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will he further inform members of the reasons given by departments for the levels of … if so, will he agree to work with his Minister for Social Security to eliminate their use …

• Title:	Action plan for possible demise of George Troy and Son Ltd
  Question type:	Urgent
  Asked by:	Philip Rondel
  Answered by:	Minister for Economic Development
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Senator A.J.H. Maclean (The Minister for Economic Development): The … Will the Minister agree to consult with Minister for Social Security and come to the House and tell us what …

• Title:	Are expressions of interest for building contracts advertised through JEP or government portals with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Philip Rondel
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  If the latter, how is it determined who can tender for these from within the local building industry and who makes this decision … Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and …

• Title:	Justify the stance of maintaining a pay freeze in the public and private sectors with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Senator I.J. Gorst (The Chief Minister): I appreciate this is a difficult time for all … The Minister for Social Security is doing a piece of work involving a well-respected …

• Title:	Questions without notice Chief Minister
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  ORAL QUESTIONS - resumption 7. Questions to Ministers Without Notice - The Chie f Minister The Deputy Bailiff: Right … We now have 2 matters outstanding from this morning: there was …

• Title:	Questions without notice Housing
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Housing and Communities
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Has the Minister considered whether this policy should be revisited, not least to stop some individuals who see getting pregnant as a means to access social housing …

• Title:	Use of zero hours staff in States departments
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  How does his statement that ‘genuine zero hours contracts are necessary and appropriate’ apply to his department’s use of zero-hours contrac ts and is this “casual or irregular …

• Title:	The use of 'zero-hours' contacts and their interaction with the income support system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	01/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will he inform Ministers how such contracts interact with the Income Support system and whether they cause particular problems for its administration … The existence of a zero hours …

• Title:	Breakdown of costs for temporary workers
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will the Minister state in what services and at what grades the additional 8.7 staff (from 58.8 FTE employees in the 2011 Annual Business Plan (ABP) to 67.5 FTE in the 2012 ABP …

• Title:	Modernising of the contributions system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	15/05/2012
  Reference:

  Will the Minister bring proposals to the Assembly to modernise the Social Security contributions system to accommodate today’s employment conditions and, if so, when …

• Title:	Access to the Social Security benefits system
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Carolyn Labey
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	29/05/2012
  Reference:

  Answer An Income Support claim can only be made in respect of a household comprising, at the most, an adult couple and dependent children … I can confirm that information has …