§ Mr. Ian McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the maximum duration of unemployment benefit that claimants will receive if their period of unemployment commences before 8 April and they otherwise meet the conditions of entitlement but are not in receipt of unemployment benefit on this date because they(a) are in receipt of a payment in lieu of notice, (b) are still within the three-day waiting period, (c) have informed the Employment Service of their unemployment before 8 April but are given an appointment with a new client adviser on, or after, this date or have not informed the Employment Service before 8 April of their unemployment but have a good cause for a delayed claim; and if she will make a statement. [17225]
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§ Mr. Roger EvansThe unemployment benefit scheme will continue until it is replaced by jobseeker's allowance on 7 October 1996. Those who are unemployed, entitled to benefit based on their contributions and whose entitlement spans this date will receive days of contribution-based benefit comprising unemployment benefit and jobseeker's allowance.
If a claimant is in receipt of a payment in lieu of notice, or they are within the three-day period, the maximum duration of unemployment benefit they will receive will be 156 days.
There is a maximum of 312 days where unemployment benefit is payable for 6 or 7 April 1996, either because the claim is made before 8 April 1996 or because good cause is accepted for a claim made after that date but in respect of a period before it, and unemployment benefit is also payable for 5 or 6 October 1996. If both of these conditions do not apply the maximum number of days will be 156.