HC Deb 21 June 1994 vol 245 cc142-3W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list changes made in the availability-for-work rules for each year since 1979; and how many claimants were so affected.

Mr. Burt

There has been no major change since 1979 to the long-standing basic condition that all those claiming benefits for unemployment must be immediately available for work. Various concessions to the availability rules and changes in the groups who are exempt from satisfying this condition have been made. These, excluding minor and textual changes, are as follows:

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  1. Changes to the availability for work rules in unemployment benefit legislation 144 words
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  2. Changes to exemptions from the requirement to be available for employment as a condition of entitlement to Supplementary Benefit/Income Support 290 words
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