§ Rev. William McCreaTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for the monthly statistical periods since April 1990, if he will show the number of claimants in Mid-Ulster who had(a) been issued with warning letters for not actively seeking work, (b) had their claims referred to an adjudication officer for not actively seeking work, (c) had their claims (i) allowed and (ii) disallowed, (d) had their claims referred to an adjudication officer for refusing suitable employment and (e) been disqualified for refusing suitable employment.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information is not available in the form requested. The following information relates to claimants in the areas served by Cookstown, Omagh and Strabane social security offices. The office in Magherafelt was badly damaged as a result of a recent terrorist attack and records for the area are not immediately available.
Between April 1990 and January 1991 almost 2,000 unemployed claimants were interviewed specifically about their efforts to find work. As a result, three claims were 297W referred to the adjudication officer of which one was allowed and two were disallowed. No claims were referred for refusing suitable employment.