§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures of staff employed 313W within the jobcentres in Yorkshire and Humberside in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 and the most recent figures in 1983.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe numbers of staff employed were as follows:
Date Staff employed 1 April 1979 925 1 April 1980 900 1 April 1981 856 1 April 1982 836 1 November 1983 707 Reductions have resulted from efficiency savings including those made after the introduction of voluntary registration and the Rayner review of employment services.