§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people registered unemployed fortnightly and quarterly, at the part-time benefit signing office in Ferryhill, County Durham, during its last month of operation;
(2) what arrangements will be made to cover the transport costs of claimants affected by the closure of the part-time benefit signing office in Ferryhill, County Durham;
(3) what are the latest figures for the number of people who register unemployed, by individual office and by region, on a fortnightly and quarterly basis, at the part-time unemployment benefit offices now in operation;
(4) how many people registered unemployed fortnightly and quarterly at the part-time unemployment offices closed between April 1985 and April 1990, for each office and by region;
(5) what was the estimated annual savings incurred by the closure of part-time unemployment benefit offices between April 1985 and April 1990, for each office and by region.
§ Mr. EggarThe employment service 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.