§ Official Report, 21 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 483:
§ Under the heading "Civil Defence", delete Mr. Redmond's question and substitute the following:
§ "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to publish the report on the evaluation of the civil defence region No. 2 REGEX exercise."
§ Official Report, 23 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 671:
§ At line 40, before "Opencast Coal Mining" insert the following:
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those declining a YTS place had a benefit reduction on grounds of voluntary unemployment for each month between June 1987 and May 1988; and how many of those leaving YTS early had a benefit reduction on grounds of voluntary unemployment for each month between June 1987 and May 1988.
§ 3. Mr. PortilloI have been asked to reply.
The numbers of people who had their supplementary benefit reduced for refusing a youth training scheme place, or for leaving a youth training scheme course early, in each four-week period between 6 May 1987 and 8 April 1988 are as follows:
For 4 weeks ending Refusal of place Early leavers 1987 2 June 6 85 30 June 9 67 28 July 4 65 25 August 3 80 22 September 2 64 20 October 1 85 17 November 8 94 15 December 10 65 1988 12 January 6 42 9 February 5 68 8 March 3 59 8 April (see note 3) — 55 Notes:
1. The figures are provisional and subject to amendment.
2. No figures are available for periods after 8 April 1988.
3. The period to 8 April covers just over four weeks to run to the end of the end of the supplementary benefit scheme.
494WOfficial Report, 23 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 726: At end of column, insert the following: