Skills Conditionality Public Consultation

Skills Conditionality Public Consultation Start date: 09/12/2010 End date: 03/02 2011 "The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals who are able to look for work or prepare for work, should be required to do so as a condition of receiving benefit, and those who fail to meet their responsibilities, without good cause, should face a sanction in the form of loss of benefit. Skills conditionality involves Jobcentre Plus referring claimants aged 16 and over to skills support with potential benefit sanctions for non-participation. For those aged 19 and over this will be through the Next Step Service (or the new all-age service that will replace it), training providers or colleges". On 9 December, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) launched a consultation, regarding implementation of skills conditionality which will last for 8 weeks. DWP and BIS are seeking responses from providers and all partners. Click 'more to be directed to the consultation document.

External Link: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/2010/skills-conditionality.shtml