§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether it is his policy to impose on young people in institutions of further education such regulations as may compel them to leave their courses when examinations are pending.
§ Mr. OrmeIn general, students aged under 19 on non-advanced further education courses are dependants of their parents for social security purposes, not claimants in their own right. But, exceptionally, unemployed young people who have completed their normal education may continue to get supplementary benefit if, while looking for work, they take a part-time course of study not normally leading to formal examinations. The Supplementary Benefits Commission makes it a condition of receiving benefit in these circumstances that the young person has to take up suitable work at once if it becomes available.