Welfare Reform Bill

That does not mean that you cannot have a succession of directions picking up different components of the action plan. I hope I explained that before there are any directions, there would be collaborative engagement to encourage the individual to engage in work-related activity on possibly multiple fronts as the action plan might suggest. It does not stop a specific direction being succeeded by another one later. The purpose is to identify key barriers to work and to say that it is that and that alone at that point in time with which the individual should engage. Obviously, multiple activities can and will be part of the action plan, which we encourage. It is just the act at a particular point in time of mandating more than one specific activity, which could give rise to confusion, and we would particularly want the opportunity of individuals to be encouraged to concentrate on the key barrier which is preventing them moving closer to the labour market.