§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds in receipt of bridging allowances for October, November and December 1992 on a comparable basis to the figures given in the answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Ms. Short), of 29 October,Official Report, columns 832–34.
§ 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 M. Fogden to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 10 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 683W numbers of 16 to 17-year-olds in receipt of bridging allowance for October, November and December 1992. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.The information you have requested is provided in the attached tables.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 place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
Number of males and females in receipt of bridging allowance—by ES region October 1992-December 1992 October November December Male Female Male Female Male Female Northern 316 174 255 133 247 121 Yorkshire and Humberside 452 250 421 197 455 217 East Midlands and Eastern 566 274 460 268 463 237 London and South East 1,264 707 1,149 622 1,242 635 South West 418 193 356 184 423 197 Wales 293 146 257 127 252 155 West Midlands 581 327 450 237 544 274 North West 784 405 571 284 697 359 Scotland 732 422 510 303 533 273 Total 5,406 2,898 4,429 2,335 4,856 2,468
Numbers in receipt of extended child benefit October 1992-December 1992 Weekly average per month October 26,581 November 26,343 December 25,691