§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals she has to prohibit employers from offering unemployed people a period of unpaid probation on the basis of continuing to receive unemployment benefit and meal and travel allowances.
§ Mr. McLoughlinWe have no such proposals. Under our successful job interview guarantee a person unemployed for six months or more can try out a job with154W an employer for up to three weeks, with a guaranteed interview at the end of that period. In 1993–94 we intend to expand the number of these work trials arranged by the employment service to 20,000.