Article: More young people receiving support for education and training.

M2 PRESSWIRE-9 August 2006-UK Government: More young people receiving support for education and training(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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More young people are receiving support through child benefit thanks to Government measures to extend eligibility which came into force this year, Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo announced today.

Figures published today show that 13,100 young people still on a course at their 19th birthday continued to receive child benefit this year when they would not previously have been eligible.

The package of measures to encourage 16-19 year olds to participate in education and training came ...

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