§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of unemployed claimants in Great Britain, each region, London and each 663W London employment service area who have been referred to an adjudication officer on grounds of voluntary unemployment, for each month since 9 October 1989, categorised according to each reason for disqualification; and how many in each case have (i) been disqualified; (ii) not been disqualified and (iii) are awaiting adjudication.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for the administration of unemployment benefit, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will update the information on decisions by adjudication officers he gave in theOfficial Report, 25 October 1989, columns 501–2, for each month since 9 October 1989, and including information on the number of referrals to adjudication officers;
(2) what information he has on the average time between the submission of cases to adjudication officers on (i) actively seeking work, (ii) refusal of employment and (iii) availability, and on adjudication decision, in London and its employment service areas, and throughout Great Britain; and if he will make a statement on adjudication officer staffing levels.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for providing statistical information on claims for unemployment benefit, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service's executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list his Department's area adjudication sections in London and the number and physical location of adjudication officers; and if he will make a statement on their relocation, indicating where they will be located in the future and the methods that will be used to ensure that adjudication officers have the necessary local labour market knowledge required to adjudicate on questions of availability and actively seeking work.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for the location of adjudication officers, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the percentage of (i) refusal of employment, (ii) actively seeking work, (iii) availability and (iv) restricted availability questions decided within four weeks of referral to an adjudication officer for each employment service area, for the last four quarters.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for collating statistics on claims for unemployment benefit, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the information collected on the 5 per cent. sample of adjudication officers' cases referred to in his answer of 8 January,Official Report, column 490, 664W with regard to the average time between receipt of a referral and an adjudication decision on (a) refusal of employment and (b) actively seeking work.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for collecting statistics on claims for unemployment benefit, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Member.