§ Earl Russellasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the allowances paid to ex-offenders on the Training for Work Programme were last uprated for inflation.
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley)All participants on Training for Work, including ex-offenders, receive an allowance based on the benefit they were receiving immediately before they joined the programme plus a training premium of £10 a week. Allowance payments were increased in line with the increase in underlying benefits in April 1995.