§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will review the current arrangements in which persons in receipt of the jobseeker's allowance cannot reclaim travel expenses when signing on if their home is within a specified distance of the jobcentre. [1018]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthWe have no plans to do so. It is a very long-standing practice that jobseekers bear their own costs for their normal fortnightly attendance at the Jobcentre.