§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if any restrictions are placed on offers of jobs at jobcentres to unemployed persons who are not in receipt of either unemployment or supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonJobcentre staff will submit any unemployed or employed job seeker to a vacancy for a job providing that he or she meets the requirements specified for that vacancy by the employer. Except where the eligibility rules under certain Government employment measures require it, it is exceptional for employers to specify that an applicant must, as a condition for interview, be in receipt of benefit. But if that was the case, the jobcentre would record this and respect the employer's wishes.