The organisation intends to inform David Bell, permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), that young people on Entry to Employment (e2e) courses could be worse off when they become eligible for education maintenance allowances (EMAs) this week (YPN, 5-11 April, p4).
The allowances are replacing minimum training allowances of between 40 and 50 a week. EMAs allow young people and their families to continue to claim benefits. But young people cannot claim any allowance if their household earns 30,000 or more and can only claim the maximum allowance of 30 a week if their family earns less than 20,817 a year.
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