Jobseeker's Allowance

(asked on 7th September 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Jonathan Reynolds Portrait
Jonathan Reynolds
(Labour (Co-op) - Stalybridge and Hyde)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are eligible for jobseeker's allowance but who choose not to claim it.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
This question was answered on 14th September 2015

The Department for Work and Pensions has not made any estimates of the number of people who are eligible for Jobseeker’s Allowance, but who choose not to claim it.

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