Foreign Actors (Work Permits)

HC Deb 16 March 1979 vol 964 cc337-8W

Mr. Durant

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many foreign actors have been granted work permits against the advice of Equity.

Mr. John Grant

Records are not kept by my Department of work permits issued

employment services agency district in the Greater London area (a) the number of disablement resettlement officers in each area as at 1 March 1979 and 1 March 1977 and (b) the number of full-time staff supporting disablement resettlement officers in each area as at 1 March 1979 and 1 March 1977.

Mr. John Grant

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of (a) disablement resettlement officers and (b) full-time supporting staff in each district of the employment service division in the Greater London area on 1 March 1979 and 1 March 1977 were as follows:

against the advice of Equity or of any other similar body consulted by my Department. Such information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.