§ Dr. Phippsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will allow unemployed persons receiving benefit to retain it if they enter a full-time course of further education for which a local authority grant is not available.
§ Mr. OrmeAn unemployed person may qualify for unemployment benefit or supplementary benefit only if he is available for employment and to attend for interview. A person on a full-time course is unlikely to satisfy this condition in term time and could not, therefore, qualify for these benefits. I have no proposals to alter these provisions.