# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008, Regulation 12: Condition relating to youth – full-time education


(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act, a claimant is to be treated as receiving full-time education for any period during which the claimant—
(a) is at least 16 years old but under the age of 19; and
(b) attends a course of education for 21 hours or more a week.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), in calculating the number of hours a week during which a claimant attends a course, no account is to be taken of any instruction or tuition which is not suitable for persons of the same age who do not have a disability.
(3) In determining the duration of a period of full-time education under paragraph (1) any temporary interruption of that education may be disregarded.
(4) A claimant who is 19 years of age or over is not to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act as receiving full-time education.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/794/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2008/regulation-12
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