Draft Income Support (Parents, Children and Housing) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- (P.59/2025) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision

The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision'

• What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address?

• Do children experience this problem differently from adults?

Income Support law amendments

The Income Support law has been in operation since 2008. Over the last 17 years, processing and administration has evolved to cater to the wide variety of customers and their circumstances.

The Minister for Social Security is proposing these draft regulations to update the Income Support legislation to:

1. ensure it is fully aligned with the current and future administration of income support claims,
2. enable more efficient benefit administration, and
3. enable improved data collection.

The proposed amendments are designed to fully protect existing claimants and maintain claim rates at their current level. There will be no impact on the amount of Income Support payable to Income Support households.

2)  Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected?

Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education; young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children; children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds; migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children

None. The proposed amendments will have no impact on children or adults, they simply request updates to the law to ensure it is fully aligned with the current and future administration of Income Support claims.

These changes will continue to ensure single parent households with young people are treated fairly regardless of whether the young person is part of the same Income Support claim as their parents or not, as well as continuing to ensure young people in Income Support households are always better off' by working.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their rights?

• Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC

• Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision?

None

4)  Is a full Children's Rights Impact Assessment required?

If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion

No, the proposal will have no impact on children or adults, it simply requests updates to the law to ensure it matches current operational process.