§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many local offices of his Department are being subjected to immediate review as part of the Rayner scrutiny of rural and small town networking in each of the following regions: Southern, Eastern, South-West, Manchester, Merseyside, North-East, East Pennines and East Midlands; in which areas of England there is no office being subjected to this review; and how many are being reviewed in the whole of Wales.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe report of the scrutiny of the general employment service identifies 54 such jobcentres and employment offices which it recommends for immediate review by the Manpower Services Commission. They are listed in annex 15 of the report, 137W copies of which have been placed in the Vote Office and in the Library of the House. Decisions have not yet been reached on the report's recommendations.