Paragraph 4

The weekly amount for the purposes of regulations 83(d) and 84(1)(e) in respect of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person shall be-

where the claimant is a lone parent F4to whom the conditions in both sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply and no premium is applicable under paragraph 10, F5... 12 or 13, F6£20.22.

in any other case, F7£20.22.

The first condition for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) is that the claimant—

The second condition for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) is that as from the appropriate date specified in sub-paragraph (4), the claimant has continued, subject to sub-paragraph (5), to be both a lone parent and entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

The appropriate date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) is—

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), where the claimant has ceased, for any period of 12 weeks or less, to be—

the claimant shall be treated, on again becoming both a lone parent and entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, as having continued to be both a lone parent and entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance throughout that period.

In determining whether the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, entitlement to income support shall be treated as entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance for the purposes of any requirement that a person is entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

For the purposes of this paragraph, a claimant shall be treated as having been entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance throughout any period which comprises only days on which he was participating in an employment zone programme and was not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because, as a consequence of his participation in that programme, he was engaged in remunerative work or failed to satisfy the condition specified in section 2(1)(c) or in section 3(1)(a).