§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many claimants each month have been referred to the unemployment benefit service due to doubts over non-availability or doubts about their restricted availability since December 1988 for each employment service region.
§ Mr. LeeUp to December 1988 statistics on decisions by adjudication officers on availability cases were produced by the Department of social security on a six-monthly basis. From January 1989 the figures will be produced every quarter. The figures for the period ending 31 March 1989 are not yet available, but I will write to the hon. Member when statistics are to hand on decisions on availability cases for the period requested.