Unemployment Benefit Disqualification (Hansard, 25 January 1993)

§ Mr. Barnes
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information is available regarding the length of periods of unemployment benefit disqualification imposed by adjudication officers in the area which includes the Derbyshire, North-East constituency.

§ 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. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 25 January 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 North East Derbyshire 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. Bradley
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 Manchester, Withington.

§ 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. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Keith Bradley, dated 25 January 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 Manchester, Withington 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.