HC Deb 08 July 1992 vol 211 cc232-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list for the last 12 months, the fact-finding visits the chief executive of the Employment Agency has made; what were his findings; if she will place a copy of his findings in the Library; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what criteria will be used to establish which agencies can provide rehabilitation of a suitable quality for people with disabilities after April 1993; and if she will make a statement;

(2) how funding will be allocated to placing, assessment and counselling teams to enable them to purchase such assessment and rehabilitation services as are needed by people with severe disabilities requiring specialist provision;

(3) what steps she is taking to establish quality standards for providers of rehabilitation training to people with severe visual impairments; and what consultation she is having for this purpose;

(4) what was the average total cost per week for each client attending an employment rehabilitation course at a Government-run employment rehabilitation centre in (a) 1990–91 and (b) 1991–92.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibility of the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred these questions for reply.