§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps she has taken to ensure that Giro cheques reported lost are replaced with the minimum of delay.
§ Mr. McLoughlinResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. M. Fogden to Mrs. Helen Jackson, dated 16 April 1993:
As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to her about replacing girocheques that are reported as lost. This is something which falls within the responsibilities she has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.I should explain that the policy of the Employment Service is to issue a prompt replacement whenever a girocheque is reported as not received, lost or destroyed unless there is reason to doubt the report is genuine.As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons. Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.