When jobseekers go abroad, they no longer fulfil the entitlement conditions required for jobseeker’s allowance and the jobseeker’s entitlement ends.
The number of people on jobseeker’s allowance that have had their claim terminated because they went abroad in each of the last 10 years is in the table.
As at December each year Claimants who have gone abroad 1998 6,480 1999 6,405 2000 6,620 2001 6,225 2002 5,600 2003 5,285 2004 4,760 2005 4,565 2006 6,030 2007 5,585 Note: Number of claimants rounded to the nearest five. Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems.
(2) what guidance Jobcentre Plus gives to its staff on the provision for jobseeker’s allowance claimants to go on holiday.
Jobcentre Plus training and guidance to staff supports and reinforces the advice given to jobseekers. The ES40 leaflet “Jobseeker’s Allowance and getting back to work”, given to all jobseekers at their new jobseeker interview, sets out the requirement that the jobseeker must tell Jobcentre Plus if they change their address or go away from home, even if it is for a day. This message is further reinforced in the forms that jobseekers are required to complete to notify such absences.
Jobcentre Plus provides advice and guidance to its staff to equip them to explain to jobseekers the impact going away from home may have on entitlement.
The information is in the following table:
As at January each year UK North East Tees Valley Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997 1,907,755 107,320 31,875 3,960 1998 1,479,265 93,660 28,985 3,520 1999 1,386,410 88,595 26,735 3,175 2000 1,236,380 81,765 25,615 3,050 2001 1,077,770 72,230 22,145 2,785 2002 1,021,465 66,590 20,610 2,575 2003 998,035 60,275 18,375 2,280 2004 952,430 54,720 17,015 2,085 2005 872,070 48,175 14,340 1,705 2006 955,335 51,085 15,315 1,790 2007 965,095 54,700 16,705 1,985 2008 830,540 50,360 15,420 1,860 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. 2. Tees Valley consists of the local authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton. Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (including clerically held cases).