§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 15 March, at column636, how many of the former ABB workers to 55W whom he refers have had their unemployment benefit suspended for any period since they were made redundant by ABB.
§ 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 21 March 1994:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about people made redundant by ABB Transportation Ltd who have had their unemployment benefit suspended for any period.For reasons explained in my letter of 24 November, I regret that this information is not available. No records are kept on the number of clients claiming benefit who have been made redundant by a particular company, or about the status of their claim. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Claims are filed alphabetically by client's name, and it would not be cost effective to make a retrospective check seeking to match clients against redundancy from ABB Transportation Ltd.I am sorry I cannot be of more help on this occasion.