§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, pursuant to the reply from Mr. M. Fogden of 29 June, the jobcentres and employment offices due to close by parliamentary constituency; and if he has received representations about the closures from any right hon. and hon. Members.
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§ Mr. EggarThe agency framework document for the employment service (ES) sets out the relationship between the Secretary of State for Employment and the chief executive of the agency.
I am informed by the chief executive of the employment service that the information requested about ES local offices is set out in the table. The offices are all small part-time or limited offices which only provide a restricted range of services. A number of representations have been received from right hon. and hon. Members.
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Region and name of office Parliamentary constituency Yorkshire and Humberside Brigg Brigg and Cleethorpes Filey Rydale Hebden Bridge Calder Valley Ripon Skipton and Ripon Sowerby Bridge Halifax Thirsk Richmond, Yorkshire Wetherby Elmet North West Region Aspatria Penrith and The Border Ramsbottom Bury, North London and South East Region Barkingside Ilford, North Berkhampstead Hertfordshire, South-West Bordon Hampshire, East Burnham Colchester, South and Maldon Cowes Isle of Wight Cranbrook Tunbridge Wells Edenbridge Sevenoaks Farnham Surrey, South-West Freshwater Isle of Wight Gerrards Cross Beaconsfield Godalming Guildford Hainault Ilford, North Halstead Saffron Walden Haselmere Surrey, South-West Hythe Folkestone and Hythe Leatherhead Mole Valley Maldon Colchester, South and Maldon Rickmansworth Hertfordshire, South-West Royston Hertfordshire, North Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Shoreham Shoreham Wallingford Wantage Wantage Wantage Waterlooville Gosport Windsor Windsor and Maidenhead Northern Region Haltwhistle Hexham Ferryhill Sedgefield East Midlands and Eastern Region Attleborough Norfolk, South-West Brandon Bury St. Edmunds Bungay Waveney Halesworth Waveney Market Deeping Stamford and Spalding Ripley Amber Valley Watton Norfolk, South-West West Midlands Region Biddulph Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, North Burntwood Cannock and Burntwood Wales Bethesda Conwy Bynamma Neath Clydach Gower Cwm Blaenau Gwent Hirwaun Cynon Valley Merthyr Vale (Aberfan) Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Region and name of office Parliamentary constituency New Tredegar Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Pembroke Pembroke Senghenydd Caerphilly South West Region Asburton Teignbridge Bovey Tracey Teignbridge Camelford Cornwall, North Marlborough Devizes Nailsworth Stroud Seaton Honiton Sherborne Dorset, West Tidworth Devizes Torrington Devon, West and Torridge