§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of time between a claimant's referral for adjudication and an adjudication officer's decision on grounds of actively seeking work, by standard regions in Great Britain.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of time between a claimant's referral for adjudication and an adjudication officer's decision on grounds of refusal of employment by standard Great Britain regions.
§ Mr. EggarInformation is not available in the precise form requested. However, the speed with which adjudication officers make decisions—that is, the time between their receiving a referral and reaching a decision—is monitored in a 5 per cent. sample of cases. The sample shows that for the three-month period ending 30 September 1989, the percentage of refusal of employment questions decided within four weeks of referral to an adjudication officer, for each employment service region, was as follows:
Refusal of employment per cent. Northern 100 Yorkshire and Humberside 73 East Midlands 65 Eastern 94 Southern 73 Western 75 West Midlands 92 SouthWest 72 Wales 100 North West 81 Scotland 71