HC Deb 03 February 1981 vol 998 c90W
59. Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what financial provision his Department makes to reimburse examination fees paid by the post-18 years unemployed age group to external examining bodies.

Mrs. Chalker

None. Regulation 6(2)(a) of the Supplementary Benefit (Single Payments) Regulations 1980 (SI 1980 No. 983) specifically excludes any single payment for an educational or training need".

It was never the Supplementary Benefit Commission's policy to pay examination fees.