§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list by region the location of every jobcentre in Scotland stating in each case if the jobcentre runs job clubs.
§ Miss. WiddecombeResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 27 January 1995:
428WThe Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the location of every Jobcentre in Scotland by region, stating in each case if the Jobcentre runs Jobclubs.
The number of Invalidity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance recipients in Great Britain on the 3 April 1993 (latest date for which information available) Benefit Number of recipients Severe Disablement Allowance 316,000 Adult dependency increase 4,000 Additional pension 1,000 Age related addition 310,000 Notes: 1736,000 recipients entitlement to invalidity allowance is extinguished by their additional pension and/or guaranteed minimum pension. Source: Based on a one per cent sample of claimants within Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.