§ Mr. FavellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations Stockport metropolitan borough council has had with his Department about a questionnaire, a copy of which has been sent to him, being circulated by the council to the unemployed in Stockport; and if he will make a statement
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 19 January 1990]The Stockport metropolitan borough council discussed the questionnaire with the manager of Stockport "C" unemployment benefit office and the employment service area manager at Rochdale, who agreed to distribute the questionnaire.
This needs to be set in the wider context of the overall reduction in long-term unemployment which has been achieved by activities of the employment services in Stockport. In the past 12 months unemployment in the Stockport metropolitan borough council area has fallen by 23 per cent, with long-term unemployment falling by 28 per cent.