To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the Jobcentre Plus National Workload Projection updates covering the period up to 2020-21 from each quarter of the last three years. (261023)

The available information up to October 2008 has been placed in the Library.

Jobseeker's Allowance projections are based on the planning assumption produced by HM Treasury from the average of independent forecasters' forecasts, and published at each Budget and pre-Budget Report. They do not constitute a Government forecast. Beyond the planning horizon, the projections assume that the unemployment rate remains constant, in line with the long-term projections underpinning the Long-Term Public Finance Report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the distance travelled by jobseeker’s allowance claimants to the Jobcentre Plus where they sign on is recorded by Jobcentre Plus. (269051)

This information is not recorded.

However, where it is unreasonable to expect someone to attend their nearest Jobcentre Plus office to ‘sign on’, we have long-standing arrangements that allow them to maintain their claim by post. These arrangements apply if:

The customer lives more than one hour (door to door) by public transport from the nearest office; or

Attendance means being away from home in excess of four hours; or

The customer has a mental or physical disability that restricts mobility; and

in other exceptional circumstances for example, where the customer would have to use a form of transport they would not ordinarily be expected to use on a regular basis, ie an inter-city train, ferry or plane