HL Deb 19 July 1995 vol 566 c24WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the matters for which Mr. Eric Forth, MP, Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment, now has ministerial responsibility.

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley)

The Minister of State Eric Forth is responsible for the Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA); employment policy and benefit issues; labour market statistics; higher education (HE), including content and quality, structure and funding, building programmes, and Higher Education Funding Council matters; the Private Finance Initiative in higher education; student support, overseas students, and other student issues; European Union and international issues and theCareers service/education.

Those areas of work which were previously the responsibility of the former Department of Employment are shown in bold type.