§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many new claimants signed on each week of 1989 at(a) Doncaster and (b) Mexborough unemployment benefit offices; what delays there were in interviewing them; what requests have been received for additional staff; and what has been his response.
§ Mr. EggarInformation about the number of new claimants who registered as unemployed at these offices each week during 1989 is not available. Details of the number of people who made new claims during 1989 were collected on a monthly basis and these figures are given in the table: 57W
Doncaster 'A' Doncaster 'B' Doncaster 'C' Mexhorough August 563 688 553 382 September 568 509 587 418 October 639 546 611 392 November 520 419 480 317 December 346 334 388 358 Notes.—Figures represent local count total number of claims taken during the month shown.