§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each employment service region, how many claimants have been referred to the unemployment benefit service due to availability doubts each month between May and September.
§ Mr. LeeThis information is not available in the form requested. Questions concerning a person's availability for work may arise following any interview with an employment service official, and records of all such instances are not kept.
However, the table gives figures by employment service region for the number of cases which were referred, following initial claims made in unemployment benefit offices, to the independent adjudicating authorities for a decision on a claimant's availability.
343WNumbers of availability submissions to the independent adjudicating authorities.