HC Deb 02 March 1990 vol 168 c373W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether an unemployed claimant at a review interview whom an employment service councillor thinks is refusing suitable employment either before or after the interview and completes a UB195 and UB195A, or his or her representative can ask for and receive copies of both documents; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

Form UB195 is a report of a claimant who fails to take the chance of a job or training offered by an employment service counsellor. It contains details of the job vacancy or training opportunity offered and the submission to, and decision of, the statutory adjudication officer. Copies of this form are not available to the claimant.

Form UB195A, which is issued to the claimant as a matter of course, includes an exact copy of the details of the vacancy/training opportunity from the UB195. The UB195A offers space for the claimant to comment on their refusal, to assist the independent adjudicaton officer in deciding whether there was "good cause" for their refusal. Claimants may keep a copy of the UB195A; or retain the original form and submit their comments on a separate sheet of paper. They may, as an alternative, ask the unemployment benefit office for a copy of the UB195A.