Mr. John McKeon:

Certainly. As I stated earlier, we ask all jobseekers to sign a personal progression plan. We would prefer them to sign it. If they do not, we push them for a very good reason and strongly encourage them to sign. There are a number of reasons, which are set out in the statement. First, signing shows it is an agreed plan between the jobseeker and the personal adviser or caseworker. That is important. It is important that they both sign up to. Second, particularly in the case of JobPath, we pay a registration fee. I said it is approximately 10% of the total fee we pay for somebody's placement into employment. As Accounting Officer of the Department, I want to see evidence that the person has registered with the service. That evidence, to me, is the signing of a personal progression plan.

Where people prove they are engaged in the process and are not against activation, we do not insist in every case on their signing of a personal progression plan, but encourage them very strongly to do so.