§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether employment training trainees who opt to take up voluntary work organised under the community options programme will be required(a) to sign on as unemployed and (b) to satisfy the availability for work condition; and whether they will continue to receive the £10 training premium.
§ Mr. NichollsPeople who choose to take up community opportunities after employment training, and who wish to claim unemployment benefit and/or income support, will be required to satisfy the appropriate legislation.
460WParticipants on community opportunities are not trainees and so will not receive a training premium. Their travelling expenses will be met in full.