HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 c1008W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if, in the light of the new test on actively seeking work, he has any plans to assess entitlement to unemployment benefit on a weekly rather than a daily basis.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Regulations provide for the new actively seeking work provision to operate with unemployment benefit assessed on a daily basis. We have no immediate plans to change to assessment on a weekly basis.