§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the level of take-up of child-minding allowance for people attending Government training schemes; and if he will make a statement on the continuation of the scheme.
§ Mr. NichollsChild care payments are made only on employment training. Comprehensive information on take-up is not yet available. Information on the number of employment training participants for whom child care payments are made will be regularly collected from March and the first results will be available at the end of April 1989. Early indications suggest that over 2,000 lone parents have joined employment training and many of these people will have received help with child care costs.