§ Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that those receiving unemployment benefit do not lose it by virtue of undertaking voluntary work on projects such as the improvement of the Ford Park cemetery in Plymouth, details of which have been supplied to him by the hon. Member for Plymouth, Drake.
§ Mrs. ChalkerQuestions of entitlement to benefit are for decision by the independent adjudicating authorities. However, I can tell my hon. Friend that the only constraint on a person receiving unemployment benefit who wishes to do unpaid voluntary work is that he must remain available for work.