To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether unemployed claimants who have been out of work for over two years and who are quarterly attenders will be required to attend restart courses if they turn down the offer of a place on another scheme from this autumn; and if he will make a statement.

Yes. The requirement to attend a restart course will apply to all claimants who have been unemployed for two years or more and who, at subsequent restart interviews, refuse all offers of help made to them.