HC Deb 19 April 1991 vol 189 c281W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of unemployed claimants receive caseload treatment by the Employment Service.

Mr. Jackson

Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibil-ity of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage increase in funding the Employment Service has received to cope with increased unemployment.

Mr. Jackson

My right hon. and learned Friend announced on 20 March that the Employment Service was to receive £55 million in extra resources for 1991–92 to help unemployed people back to work. This represents an increase of some 8 per cent. in the Employment Service's running costs.