§ Mr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how she intends to deploy New Deal Welfare to Work resources relating to Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement; [22735]
(2) When she proposed to announce the results of the Government's consultation on long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement; [22743]
(3) if she will make statement on the New Deal Welfare to Work as it affects lone parents and people with disabilities. [22744]
§ Mr. WorthingtonResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency, under its chief executive Mr. Ian Walters. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
22WLetter from Ian Walters to Mr. Norman Godman, dated 19 January 1998: