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Answer I can confirm that the Income Support system does already include mechanisms for supporting the costs of GP visits and other medical costs for low income households …
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In particular, will he give a worked example to illustrate whether the system provides incentives for the adult child to leave the family home when he or she reaches the age of 25 …
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Answer I am very pleased to note that the number of queries dealt with by the Citizens Advice Bureau in respect of Income Support fell from 629 in 2010 to 553 in 2011 …
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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 …
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Answer As can be seen from page 94 of the Annex to the draft Medium Term Financial Plan 2013 – 2015 and set out in more detail in the preceding pages 91 to 93, expenditure …
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Answer General Practitioners (GPs) are responsible for the charges levied for consultations … The Income Support system acknowledges the cost of GP visits in three separate ways …
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Does the Minister agree that early intervention in this area, is a “spend to save” measure that will prevent greater costs in the long term in line with the approach presented in …
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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 …
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Will the Minister now work with other Ministers to re-introduce a better focussed, means-tested, prescription scheme in the coming year? iii) does the Minister accept that the …
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Does he consider that any attempt to amend this provision relating to existing beneficiaries (currently 1,036), would be a breach of trust … Will the Minister confirm that for the …
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Is the reduction due to the impact of the removal of transition protection and, if so, will the Minister assure members that those households who have lost income support, or had …
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Income Support benefit is always paid in advance, on either a weekly or four-weekly basis … Any change of circumstance that occurs after a payment has been made and during the period …
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Is such monitoring built into the computer programmes which are used to administer IS, or does it require a manual check … Given that Section 13.1 of the IS policy guidelines states …
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How frequently have these checks been made in the last 10 years and in what form … Has evidence of other practices been looked for or found … If so, what action was taken …
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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 …
