§ Mr. Porterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what arrangements are made to monitor the moneys paid under the temporary short-time working scheme to ensure that such moneys are paid to persons who are genuinely on short time.
§ Mr. AlisonThe Department insists that employers should keep, for at least three years, sufficient records to120W demonstrate that their claims made for payments under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme are justified and that they have met all the conditions of the Scheme. These records will include details of the payments made to individual employees and the number of workless days in respect of which those payments are made. At least two checks of the employers' records are made during the period of support. Additional checks are made at the discretion of the responsible officer.