Committee for Employment and Social Security - P.2023/15
The States are asked to decide:
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'Interim Uprating of Contributory and Non-contributory Benefit Rates', dated 13th March 2023, they are of the opinion:
1. To set the:
a) standard rates of contributory social insurance benefits,
b) contribution (co-payment) required to be made by the claimant of care benefit,
c) maximum weekly rates of long-term care benefit and respite care benefit,
d) income support requirement rates, limits of weekly income, personal allowances, and maximum rent allowances,
e) rates of family allowance, severe disability benefit and carer's allowance, and
f) payment tariffs under the Mesothelioma Compensation Scheme,
as set out in Appendix 1 to the Policy Letter.
2. To note that benefit rates for 2024 will not be impacted by an interim increase to rates between July 2023 to December 2023.
3. To direct the preparation of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the above decisions.
The above Propositions have been submitted to His Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications in accordance with Rule 4(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees.
