An independent review of the government's Care to Learn programme foundthat 97 per cent of recipients of the grant would have been unable totake part in learning without the extra cash.
In the last academic year, almost 8,000 young parents received thegrant. Before receiving the cash, 66 per cent were not in employment,education or training. After using the cash to take up a course thatfigure plummeted to 27 per cent.
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