HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 cc493-4W

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. Short

To 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. Portillo

I 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.

Official Report, 23 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 726: At end of column, insert the following: