Schedule 3
Welfare Reform Bill
Public Bill Committees, 24 February 2009, 6:15 pm
John Howell (Henley, Conservative)
I thank the Minister for that explanation. In both the assessment and the questions, the second part of the reason for asking those questions is the same regardless of the benefit a person may be on. That is that
“any such dependency or propensity is a factor affecting their prospects of obtaining or remaining in work.”
Even where one has a JSA claim, the assessment may be that they are nearer work than an ESA claimant. That element still comes into the assessment and does not justify in my mind the difference between the two.