HC Deb 23 July 1980 vol 989 cc285-6W
Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if any contribution is made to the cost of obtaining credits towards the award of a degree at the Open University to those people, such as single-parent families, who are in receipt of supplementary benefit.

Mrs. Chalker

No. The supplementary benefits scheme is not designed to cover such sorts of expense.