HC Deb 16 July 1990 vol 176 cc436-7W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report the guidelines used by his officials in deciding whether a question should be referred to the chief executive of the Employment Service.

Mr. Eggar

The criteria I use in deciding whether to refer a question to the chief executive of the Employment Service are set out in the Employment Service framework document published by my Department in March this year.

Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East, 10 July,Official Report, column 146, if he will arrange for the 57 replies from the Employment Service Agency's chief executive made between 1 April and 6 July to be printed in the Official Report.

Mr. Eggar

The chief executive of the Employment Service, when replying to questions referred to him, invites hon. Members to say whether they wish the reply to be placed in the Library of the House. The chief executive has informed me that, since 1 April, copies of 26 replies have been placed in the Library of the House.

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