Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 October 2009.
Clive Efford
Labour, Eltham
2:30,
19 October 2009
Will the Secretary of State consider the situation in which a young constituent of mine finds himself? He is on jobseeker's allowance and he has found a three-month Government-funded course in his chosen profession of leisure and training, but because he is technically not seeking work during those three months he has had his jobseeker's allowance stopped. That has caused him financial difficulties. If we are trying to help young people to gain skills and to move into work, should we review that ruling?
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Arnold Tarling
Posted on 20 Oct 2009 12:14 pm (Report this annotation)
Well said Clive!
Of course everyone at university in England and Wales (but NOT Scotland) who suffer financially, rack up massive debts and some never manage to pay off those debts.
Then there are those who after GCSE's also stay on in education and do not get job seekers allowance.
How about extending your concern to all in further education who are not part of the unemployment, job seekers statistics?
I suppose that you could impose the University graduate system on those on job seekers who are on courses - rack up a debt and pay it off when you start earning more than £15k