§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of payments made under the employment transfer scheme are made to students upon their taking up their first employment.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 389W this information is not available. The MSC has recently announced that from 1st January 1979, students taking up employment within six months of successfully completing a full-time course of higher education will not be eligible for ETS assistance. This exclusion will not apply to mature students, namely, those aged 26 and over at the time of commencing studies.