PART II JOBSEEKING

Chapter II Availability for Employment

F1F2Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: lone parents with children aged 5 not in full-time education17B

A lone parent shall be treated as available for employment in any week where—

(a)

the lone parent is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child who is aged 5;

(b)

the child—

(i)

is nor receiving full-time education by regular attendance at school or otherwise; and

(ii)

is not required by law to receive full-time education; and

(c)

it would be unreasonable for the lone parent to make other arrangements for the care of that child.