§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by region(a) the number of employment service offices that have been established since December 1989 and (b) the number of surplus properties which are now to be disposed of following the reorganisation of the service.
§ Mr. NichollsThe employment service, which is responsible for jobcentres and unemployment benefit offices, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the Employment Service Agency's chief executive will be replying in writing to the hon. Lady.