Jobseeker's Allowance

(asked on 20th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) successfully made an application for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and (b) were unsuccessful in an application for JSA following a Genuine Prospect of Work assessment in the last two years.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
This question was answered on 31st May 2016

The Department does not record statistics on applications for Jobseeker’s Allowance following a genuine prospect of work assessment.

To collate the information requested would take the costs of responding to the question over the disproportionate cost threshold.

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