Jobseekers Benefit duration and part time work

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Apologies in advance if this was asked and answered previously.

Awarded Jobseekers Benefit in Oct 2022. Award was under part time option (ie because work week had been reduced to 2-3 days from full time).

Notice of award stated the following:

Your Jobseeker’s Benefit claim will continue for a maximum of 234 days providing you continue to meet all the conditions for this payment.

The 234 days is based on 6 days/week, so effectively it means nine months (6x39).

Since October, JSB benefit has been paid based on days worked part time during the week, usually 2 or 3, sometimes 0.

My question is, does the 234 days (9 months) expire nine months after the date of the award, or does it expire after being paid a total of 234 days of benefits?

(Around 130 days of benefit have been paid since start of award, so will JSB continue until 234 days of benefit are reached - provided of course that circumstances are unchanged.)
 
If you work part-time , say 2 days a week and thus collect equivalent of 3 days a week JB, then the period of your claim is extended. So you might get the 3 day JB payment for c 13 months (the equivalent of the full JB benefit for 9 months).
 
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