Maria Eagle – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department’s policy is when a claimant’s regular signing on date date falls on a bank holiday.

Esther McVey

Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants who are due to attend their local jobcentre on a public holiday are excused from doing so and an advanced payment is issued.

Claimants must continue to meet the conditions of entitlement, by being available for and looking for work and the actions they have taken to do so are reviewed at the claimant’s next attendance.

The claimant is informed of this and issued with a formal notification at their attendance prior to the public holiday.