§ 58. Mr. Haywardasked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received on the proposals for the restructering of the jobcentre network endorsed at the Manpower Services Commission's meeting in May; and whether these are predominantly from jobcentre staff, members of the public, or employers.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonTo date Ministers in this Department have received some 90 letters on this subject, many of them referred to us by hon. Members. About a quarter of the letters are directly identified as coming from Manpower Services Commission staff or their trade union representatives. Four are directly identified as coming from employers.
It is not clear how many of the other letters from individual members of the public (about a third of the total), from hon. Members and others are in fact from commission staff or employers, or arise from the representations they have made.