§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the answer of 4 December,Official Report, column 719, to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) what estimate she has made of the number of people who could gain from abolishing the 16 guided learning hours limit for those receiving the jobseeker's allowance across the range of the estimates of £500 million to £1,250 million. [15414]
§ Mr. ForthWe estimate that between about 200,000 and 400,000 additional people could receive jobseeker's allowance. This does take account of behavioural effects which might result from the change.