HC Deb 02 February 1993 vol 218 cc161-2W
Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information is available regarding the lengths of periods of unemployment benefit disqualification imposed by adjudication officers in the area which includes the constituency of Newcastle under Lyme.

Mr. McLoughlin

Responsibility 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 M. Fogden to Mrs. Llin Golding, dated 2 February 1993: As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to her about the length of periods of unemployment benefit disqualifications in the Newcastle-under-Lyme area. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. All decisions on claims for unemployment benefit are made by the independent adjudicating authorities. Information about the length of disqualification periods imposed is not collated or published as each is decided in the light of the circumstances surrounding the individual case. Without knowledge of these circumstances no meaningful interpretation of the information could be made. I hope this is helpful. 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.

Mr. Faulds

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information is available regarding the lengths of periods of unemployment benefit disqualification imposed by adjudication officers in the area which includes Warley East.

Mr. McLoughlin

Responsibility 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.

Number of National Health Service sight tests1 in Scotland by Health Board area
Health Board 1987–88 1988–89 21989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1 October 1991 to 30 September 1992
Argyll and Clyde 95,153 98,926 36,636 39,703 46,243 48,096
Ayrshire and Arran 80,202 85,746 34,754 34,606 38,236 39,902
Borders 16,123 17,981 7,176 5,240 6,316 7,163
Dumfries and Galloway 29,324 31,007 11,761 11,336 13,637 14,704
Fife 72,534 76,854 24,821 28,556 34,049 35,453
Forth Valley 54,525 58,847 26,276 18,426 21,637 22,354
Grampian 96,777 108,592 30,582 33,367 36,977 39,129
Greater Glasgow 237,924 252,843 131,605 110,697 122,878 128,436
Highland 36,185 36,599 15,841 13,091 15,476 16,073
Lanarkshire 119,371 119,307 47,680 47,983 56,269 58,527
Lothian 162,353 176,902 74,531 56,682 66,297 69,096
Orkney 2,674 2,972 862 873 1,034 1,156
Shetland 7,000 7,069 2,808 2,420 2,834 2,700

Letter from M. Fogden to Mr. Andrew Faulds, dated 2 February 1993. As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to her about the length of periods of unemployment benefit disqualifications in the Warley East area. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency. All decisions on claims for unemployment benefit are made by the independent adjudicating authorities. Information about the length of disqualification periods imposed is not collated or published as each is decided in the light of the circumstances surrounding the individual case. Without knowledge of these circumstances no meaningful interpretation of the information could be made. I hope this is helpful. 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.

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