§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether any change is proposed in the level of staffing at the jobcentre at Thorne, near Doncaster; and for what reason.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe number of staff employed at Thorne jobcentre has been reduced by one from 31 January. This reduction is part of a more general reduction in the staff of the employment service as a result of the elimination of work arising from the ending of the compulsory registration of unemployment benefit claimants at jobcentres and the implementation of the recommendations of a recent Rayner scrutiny report aimed at ensuring that staff and other resources in the service are used as efficiently and economically as possible.