Committee for Employment & Social Security - P.2022/77
The States are asked to decide:
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'Emergency uprating of income support rates', dated 31st August 2022, they are of the opinion:
1. To set the income support requirement rates at the rates set out in Table 1 of the Policy Letter, from 7th October 2022.
2. To set the limit of weekly income for a person living in the community at £980 per week, from 7th October 2022.
3. To set the maximum rent allowances at the amounts set out in Table 2 of the Policy Letter, from 7th October 2022.
4. To set the supplementary fuel allowance paid to income support householders at £37.06 per week, from 28th October 2022 to 28th April 2023.
5. 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 Her 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.
