Questions

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• Title:	Breaches of Employment Law by Jersey employers using zero hours contracts including supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/12/2013
  Reference:

  question has been asked, but would the Minister for Social Security state whether or not a zero-hour contract being …

• Title:	Increasing the coverage of financial support for unpaid carers including supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/12/2013
  Reference:

  3.12 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding the coverage of financial support … Does the Minister for Social Security have a real idea of the total number …

• Title:	Zero hours contracts and employment practices of the Royal Bank of Scotland including supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
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  3.5 Deputy G.P. Southern of the Minister for Social Security regarding the use of zero-hours contracts in …

• Title:	Reduction in sums payable for a child with severe disability
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	10/12/2013
  Reference:

  Answer I can confirm that R&O.75/2012 did not reduce the sum payable for a … In April 2011 the previous Minister for Social Security amended the Income Support Transitional Order to …

• Title:	Questions without notice to Ministers Social Security
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  Questions to Ministers without notice - The Minister for Social Security 4.1 Deputy G.P. Southern: Does the …

• Title:	The use of zero hours contracts
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  Does the Minister condemn the use of zero hours contracts by some employers in the finance … was adopted by the States ten weeks ago, as amended by the Minister for Social Security …

• Title:	Questions without notice to Minister Chief Minister
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  Will he identify to the pastoral visit with whom he is meeting that such … a record of how many questions the Minister for Social Security managed to get through but it seemed …

• Title:	Safeguards to ensure that employees are not exploited when participating in Advance to Work and Jobs Fest schemes
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  What efforts, if any, are made to ensure that placements are made on ‘usual’ terms and conditions and that unpaid overtime or unusual hours are not imposed …

• Title:	Jersey Dental Fitness Scheme
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  Answer Earlier in the year my department reviewed the Jersey Dental Scheme, looking specifically at the level of the States subsidy … A report was produced which described the …

• Title:	Changes to the medical protocols engaged in the assessment of Long Term Incapacity Allowance
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	02/12/2013
  Reference:

  If this is so, will he point to any evidence that previous assessments, either locally or elsewhere, were too generous and state whether any change is linked with ATOS assessments …