§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General how many claimants have been referred to unemployment review officers or claimant advisers for failure to attend restart interviews; how many have subsequently appealed; and how many have been refused after appeal.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo claimants have been referred to unemployment review officers of the Department of Health and Social Security nor to the new claimant advisers of the Department of Employment as a result of having failed to attend a restart interview. It is not part of their duties to take decisions on such cases.