§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on(a) the future operation of the employment training scheme allowance following the introduction of the community charge in Scotland and (b) his plans for its operation in England and Wales after April 1990.
§ Mr. NichollsAs announced on 12 April, the benefit-related part of employment training, training allowances will be increased in line with the general uprating in benefits. When he announced this uprating on 27 October 1988, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security explained how the new levels of benefit allow for individual liability for the community charge in Scotland, England and Wales.