Do FAS courses extend one's Jobseeker's Benefits.

I've been given conflicting information about payment while one is on a FAS course.

I had been led to believe that if anyone getting Jobseeker's Benefit partook of a FAS course their benefit would be extended by the length of the course be it 3 months or whatever. I've now been told elsewhere that this is not the case?

From the Operational guidelines on Jobseeker's Benefit (link below)

Periods on any of the following activities for up to 1 year are disregarded when determining the break between 2 JB claims. A person may have consecutive periods on different activities disregarded, once they do not spend more than one year on any one activity.

• FAS training,
• CE (formally SES, Enterprise Allowance & Teamwork),
• Alternance Scheme
• VTOS
• Part-time Job Incentive Scheme
• European Voluntary Service Initiative

This means that time spent on any of the above isn't counted when you re-sign, and your JB entitlement continues from where you left off on your previous claim.

Jobseekers Benefit Operational Guidelines Part 6