§ Mr. Lightbownasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out in the Official Report the responsibilities of the Ministers in his Department.
§ Mr. Tom KingI have overall responsibility for all matters relevant to my Department. The division of responsibilities among my departmental Ministers is as follows:
- Minister of State (Mr. Morrison)
- Strategic employment issues
- Manpower Services Commission
- Training (YTS, ITBs, TOPS)
68 - Community programme
- Careers service
- Employment services; employment agencies
- Labour market research
- Minister of State (Mr. Gummer)
- Industrial relations: Trade Union Bill; employee rights; employee participation
- International matters
- Financial and staff management in the Department
- Dock labour
- Redundancy payments
- Job satisfaction
- Health and Safety Commission
- Pay; wages councils; holidays
- Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Clark)
- Unemployment benefit; social security issues affecting employment
- Political activities of trade unions; Trade Union Bill(with Mr.Gummer)
- DE special measures
- New firms; enterprise allowance
- Disabled people
- Race relations in employment
- Women's employment issues
- Work permits
- Statistics
- Local and regional employment issues