Ah, the joys of discretion. I think you need to argue from guidance, DMG 34675 & 34676 refers:
34675 - DM should take into account when deciding good cause any caring responsibilities which would make it unreasonable for the claimant to carry out the JSD (Job seeking direction). This is limited to caring responsibilities and does not include other domestic duties.
34676 - If a claimant has caring responsilities for a child, in considering whether those responsibilities would make it unreasonable the DM should have regard to whether:
1. childcare would not be or was not reasonably available, or 2. if it was available or would not have been available it was, or would have been unsuitable due to the claimant's needs or the needs of the child.
Sounds like a quite ridiculous direction to me, if you want to pass details onto our policy team at GIngerbread, they would be interested in cases such as these.
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