HC Deb 25 October 1989 vol 158 c502W
Ms. Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, for the 12-month period to the end of June, if he will give the decisions of adjudication officers on doubtful fresh claims, renewal claims and reviewed claims for unemployment benefit showing the numbers allowed, disallowed, referred to a local tribunal, revised in favour of claimants, revised adversely to claimants and not revised in the following categories of questions(a) employed to full normal extent, (b) engaged in employment, (c) availability, (d) restricted availability, (e) leaving voluntarily, (f) for misconduct, (g) neglecting to avail of employment, (h) refusal of employment, (i) refusal or premature termination of training, (j) refusal to carry out written recommendations, and (k) Restart.

Mr. Eggar

All decisions on claims for unemployment benefit are made by the independent adjudication authorities and no statistics are kept as to the manner in which the entitlement doubt arose.

Figures on the number of decisions for failure to attend Restart are not compiled separately.

Subject to these qualifications, the following table sets out the information requested.

in 1989–90 the cost to the Exchequer of YTS training in the arts and related activities is estimated to be around £23 million.

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