§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people made redundant by ABB Transportation Ltd. in York in the past three months have(a) claimed unemployment benefit, (b) been paid unemployment benefit, (c) had their unemployment benefit suspended and (d) had their unemployment benefit reinstated without loss of benefit.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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. Hugh Bayley, dated 24 November 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 him about people made redundant by ABB Transportation Ltd. who had claimed unemployment benefit, been paid unemployment benefit, been suspended from payment of unemployment benefit, and whose unemployment benefit had been reinstated. This is something which falls within the responsibilities he has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.Unfortunately, the information is not available. No records are kept on the number of clients claiming benefit who have been made redundant from a particular firm, or about the status of their claim. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.I am sorry I cannot be of help on this occasion.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.