§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed jobseeker's legislation on actors and performers.
§ Mr. Roger EvansIt is appropriate that unemployed actors and performers will have to satisfy the same conditions of entitlement for jobseeker's allowance as other jobseekers.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if the new contribution linking arrangements for jobseeker's allowance will take account of the period when a carer is unable to claim invalid care allowance because the disabled person is still within the six or three-month waiting period for attendance allowance and disability living allowance;
(2) what will be the position of ex-carers who had (a) an underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance or (b) a broken record of receipt of invalid care allowance or underlying entitlement with regard to the new contribution linking arrangements for ex-carers who wish to claim jobseeker's allowance.
§ Mr. Roger EvansPeriods in receipt of invalid care allowance will be included in the linking provisions for contributions-based jobseeker's allowance. The precise details of this arrangement, including the position of carers in cases where a disabled person is serving a qualifying period, are still under consideration.