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Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions are in place to enable a lone parent on out-of-work benefits and on a course taking up more than 16 hours per week, whose youngest child turns five years old, to complete the course notwithstanding the 16 hour rule.


Answered by
Esther McVey Portrait
Esther McVey
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 10th April 2014

Lone parents in receipt of income support and who were undertaking a full-time course that began prior to May 2012 are transitionally protected and they can therefore continue their courses.

Lone parents who began a full time course post May 2012 were notified prior to them undertaking the course that they will be required to work search when their youngest child turns 5, as part of the Lone Parent Obligation changes. This would mean that a claimant who is capable of work could continue with part-time training and still be eligible for JSA.

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