§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been disallowed national insurance credits for not being available or not actively seeking work in each quarter since January 1987; how many have appealed against those disallowances and with what result; and if he will make a statement.
§ 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. Lady.