questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) the circumstances in which a hospital in-patient would be required to attend a meeting at a jobcentre and (b) the circumstances in which a hospital in-patient would be required to attend a meeting if that necessitated the attendance of NHS staff.
answerText: There are no references within our Guidance which state we would require a hospital in-patient to attend a meeting at a Jobcentre. Where a claimant is required to attend Work Focused Interviews, guidance states that work coaches have discretion to vary th...
heading: Jobcentres: Patients