§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether an unemployed person who has been required to attend a restart course and fails to do so, or fails to complete the course, is entitled to a copy of the mandatory attendance at restart courses form RC3, which is completed by the claimant adviser; whether they can refuse to sign the RC3 if they disagree with what the claimant adviser has written down as their reason for non-attendance; and if he will make a statement;
(2) whether, after two years unemployment, an unemployed person who is on a waiting list for either (a) an employment training place, or (b) any other education or training course, or (c) waiting to start on the enterprise allowance scheme or (d) waiting for a place on a jobclub would be recognised as having good cause for not participating in a compulsory restart course; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonQuestions on operational matters in the employment service executive agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred these questions for reply.