The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Skills Training Conditionality Pilot) Regulations 2010

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“action plan” means a document which is completed by the Secretary of State in relation to a claimant which contains a record of any activity that the Secretary of State considers will, or will be likely to, improve that person’s prospects of obtaining employment;

“appropriate office” means an office of the Department for Work and Pensions which is identified in the Schedule by reference to its district and name on 26th April 2010 (and where such an office closes, a reference in the Schedule to that office shall be construed in relation to any person as a reference to the office at which that person is required to attend instead of that office);

“claimant” means a person claiming a jobseeker’s allowance who is aged 18 or over;

“Jobseeker’s Regime and Flexible New Deal Stage 3” means an arrangement known by that name, being a programme of up to 6 months duration provided by the Secretary of State and which consists of the provision to claimants of advice, support, assistance with job search activity and the development of job search skills;

“training” is to be construed as including attendance by a claimant who has been selected to take part in the Skills Training Conditionality Pilot at a pre-entry interview conducted by a training provider;

“employment officer” has the meaning given in section 19(10)(a) of the Jobseekers Act 1995;

“the Skills Training Conditionality Pilot” means a scheme known by that name for the provision to claimants of training—

(a)

secured by the Learning and Skills Council for England,

(b)

secured by Ufi Limited(1) (operating as “learndirect”),

(c)

which is provided by, or provided pursuant to other arrangements made by, the Secretary of State, or

(d)

which is approved by the Secretary of State in relation to particular claimants;

“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(2).

(1)

Ufi Limited is a not for profit company (no. 03980770), which provides training courses for persons aged 16 or over.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207.