HC Deb 14 December 1987 vol 124 c405W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether non-dependants on the job training scheme will be treated as unemployed for the purposes of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987.

Mr. Portillo

Yes, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 allow for the same non-dependant deduction to be applied to a non-dependant on the job training scheme as is applied to an unemployed person.