Helen Goodman – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of job searches required of jobseeker’s allowance claimants is in (a) each English region and (b) each age group.

Esther McVey

There is not set number of jobsearches required.

It is a condition of entitlement for Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants to be actively seeking work. To meet this requirement, claimants are generally expected to take all reasonable steps each week to give them the best prospects of obtaining work.

DWP Work Coaches agree steps that it is reasonable to expect the claimant to undertake, taking into account individual circumstances and record these in a Claimant Commitment which is regularly reviewed and updated as appropriate.