§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will place in the Library a copy of the background paper on travel-to-work areas and question-naire being sent to local authorities; if she will give details of the aims and plans of her review of travel-to-work areas; when she expects the review to be completed; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for North Devon (Mr. Harvey) on 19 May 1992,Official Report, column 136, in which I stated that new travel-to-work area boundaries will be calculated from the community patterns contained in the 1991 census of population special workplace statistics. These statistics are expected to become available in the second half of 1993 and revised travel-to-work areas should follow six to nine months later. Part of this review involves liaising with users and it is planned to send a background paper and questionnaire on this topic to local authorities shortly. I will arrange for copies of the background paper and questionnaire to be placed in the Library when they are finalised.