§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the restart menu options and indicate which of them involves the client leaving the claimant count;
(2) how many restart interviews were conducted in the period July 1986 to June 1989; what numbers were referred to each menu option; what numbers actually took up their referral; what numbers were referred to the unemployment benefit service for (a) non-attendance at interview, (b) non-availability and (c) refusal of suitable employment; and, of the latter three groups, what number had their benefit suspended or withdrawn, for Great Britain and each of the standard regions.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service, which is responsible for the restart programme, became an executive agency on 2 April 1990. Mr. Mike Fogden, the employment service agency's chief executive, will be replying in writing to the hon. Gentleman.