§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was(a) the number of staff dealing with unemployment benefit claims in each of the standard regions, (b) the number of unemployed people claiming benefit in each of the standard regions and (c) the staff-to-claimant ratio in each of the standard regions, as at 1 March 1990 and 1 May 1991.
Mr. JacksonQuestions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.