§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether he proposes to accept the Rayner review team's recommendations regarding the running of nurse banks by jobcentres;
(2) whether he is yet in a position to accept the Rayner review team's recommendation regarding the siting of jobcentres;
(3) what steps he proposes to take with respect to the report of the Rayner review team in connection with the employment service division of the Manpower Services Commission; and if he will make a statement;
(4) whether he proposes to accept the Rayner review team's recommendations regarding the employment service division use of the word "temps" and its marketing of the short-term placement service.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 14 July 1981, c. 403]: I am not yet in a position to make a statement on the review team's recommendations. Its report is being considered in the first instance by the Manpower Services Commission which will be reporting its conclusions to Ministers.
The review team was specifically asked to look at the relationship between the services provided by the public employment service and those provided by the private sector, a matter on which the Federation of Personnel Services and others had expressed concern. I am aware that the recommendations to which my hon. Friend refers are of particular interest to the private sector. I have already made clear that I welcome recent moves to improve co-operation between the public employment service and the private sector. I trust this will develop further, and in this context I am sure that early decisions on the report's recommendations will be desirable.