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<p>Within the context of claimant journeys, we believe that it is a reasonable expectation
that a claimant travels an additional distance of up to 3 miles, or 20 minutes by
public transport, to the new Jobcentre. This may mean slightly longer and slightly
shorter journeys for some individual claimants and we have taken this into account
when setting the criteria.</p><p> </p><p>There are large areas of the country where
claimants have always travelled further than this. A proportion of claimants may also
live closer to the proposed new Jobcentre location, so this will remain a convenient
location for those people. We therefore view these criteria to be within reasonable
expectations.</p>
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