Jobseeker's Allowance

(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to move vulnerable people without the capability for work from jobseeker's allowance onto a more permanent form of benefit.


Answered by
Esther McVey Portrait
Esther McVey
This question was answered on 17th July 2014

It is already the case that people who have limited capability for work receive Employment and Support Allowance rather than Jobseeker's Allowance. However, we should not see this as a permanent form of benefit as it is our policy that nobody should be written off.

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