HC Deb 03 July 1989 vol 156 cc69-70W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what checks are carried out by his Department's staff in the jobcentres at Doncaster and (k) claimant adviser for the Training Agency covering the Doncaster area, for each of the latest four three monthly periods available.

Mr. Lee

The information requested is given in the table. The figures relate to the employment service, Humberside south area. We do not know how many people ultimately obtain a job or other opportunity as a result of the restart interview.

Mexborough, to establish whether vacancies advertised are offering rates of pay which fall below wages council rates.

Mr. Lee

Jobcentres have full details of wages council minimum rates of pay and instructions that, where vacancies are notified for occupations affected by wages council orders, rates must not be less than those specified.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether any vacancies advertised by his Department's jobcentres in Doncaster and Mexborough on 26 June were offering rates of pay which fall below wages council rates.

Mr. Lee

On 26 June, Doncaster jobcentre was displaying five vacancies and Mexborough jobcentre had three vacancies which were covered by wages council orders. 1 am informed that none of the vacancies concerned was advertising rates of pay below the minimum wages council rates.