HC Deb 29 March 1976 vol 908 cc357-8W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if it is the practice of his Department to post unemployment benefit cheques to holiday or other temporary addresses of recipients if they so request.

Mr. Harold Walker

It is not the practice of my Department to post unemployment benefit giro cheques to holiday addresses. A claimant living at a temporary address is paid unemployment benefit in the normal way, provided that he remains available for employment. If he is merely visiting an area beyond daily travelling distance from his home to seek employment, payment is made when he returns to his home area.

Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployment benefit cheques are posted to recipients at addresses outside the United Kingdom.

Mr. Harold Walker

Unemployment benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 is not payable to an unemployed person for any period when he is outside Great Britain, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland.

Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed benefit cheques are posted to recipients at addresses in the Republic of Ireland.

Mr. Harold Walker

Unemployment benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 is not payable to an unemployed person in the Republic of Ireland, but arrears of benefit due to a claimant who has recently removed to the Republic may be posted, but information as to numbers is not readily available. These payments are considered to be negligible.

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