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Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit paid by the Government of the United Kingdom to people who are unemployed and actively seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is intended to cover living expenses while the claimant is out of work.
Initially, Carer's Allowance Supplement was an extra payment to carers in Scotland who are receiving a full or partial Carer's Allowance payment from the Department for Work and Pensions. Social Security Scotland pays this automatically every six months, in June and December, without the need for applications.
Related to programmes through the United Kingdom's Coalition Government's "Work Programme", [3] created by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Jobseeker's (Back to Work Schemes) Bill addressed situations where Jobseeker's Allowance claimants may be asked to work without pay in some circumstances.
In its current form, jobseeker's allowance is available without any means testing (i.e., inquiry into people's income or assets) for people who have paid into the National Insurance fund in at least the last two years. People can claim this for up to 182 days. After this, one's income and assets are means tested.
Those under 25 years old are entitled to £56.25 a week in Job Seeker's Allowance (a lower amount than for 25s and over). In economic terms, youth unemployment equates to £10m a day in lost productivity [20] and the total direct cost of youth unemployment is £4.7bn a year. [21]
The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 created the dole system of payments for unemployed workers in the United Kingdom. [8] The dole system provided 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11,000,000 workers—practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service, farmworkers, railway men, and civil servants.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a United Kingdom welfare payment for adults younger than the State Pension age who are having difficulty finding work because of their long-term medical condition or a disability. It is a basic income-replacement benefit paid in lieu of wages.
Formerly part of the Scottish University for Industry, it is now part of Skills Development Scotland. Adults who respond to the media promotion are put in touch with a local learning provider where they are invited to participate in a program of personal, dedicated learning activities at a local centre.