Fuel benefit will take account of increases

Saturday 23rd July 2011, 2:29PM BST.

Malcolm Nutley SOCIAL SECURITY will take account of the recent increases in fuel prices when it makes its recommendation for the fuel allowance in September.

Chief officer Malcolm Nutley (pictured) said the winter benefit would be decided by the States when it considered the department’s annual report on uprating contributions and benefit rates for the island.

‘It is paid from a formula-led budget, meaning that if people qualify for the assistance the expenditure will be made available by the States.’

The supplementary fuel allowance was £24.67 per week last winter.

The allowance is paid weekly from the end of October to the end of April.

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Mr G

July 23, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Why don’t they just reduce the amount of tax on fuel? We’re paying well over the odds in fuel duty to run our motor vehicles.

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