§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, how many people have attended a Restart interview since 1 April; and what were the results of those interviews, broken down in the same way as the answer given to the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Lee) on 18 December 1990,Official Report, column 148.
(2) for each region and for Great Britain as a whole how many unemployed people have been referred to restart courses by Employment Service counsellors since January 1991; how many of them were unemployed for over two years; how many attended and completed the courses; what were the outcomes of the participants; how many had benefit penalties imposed for not attending or failing to complete their attendance at the restart course; and if he will make a statement.
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.