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Clapham Junction (Accident)
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when and where the public inquiry into the Clapham junction railway accident will be held.
Mr. Portillo : The formal investigation into the Clapham junction railway accident will be held before Mr. Anthony Hidden QC and will begin on Monday 20 February 1989 at 10.30 am in Westminster Central Hall, Storey's Gate, London SW1.
The investigation will be held in public. Advertisements are being placed in the press.
Transport Supplementary Grant (West Sussex)
Mr. Soames : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the amount of transport supplementary grant paid to West Sussex county council for each of the last five years.
Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 13 February 1989] : The information is as follows :
|Metered water charge from|Increase over the charge
|1 April 1989 pence per |in 1988-89 per cent.
|cubic metre
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Borders |28.00 |27
Central |21.00 |24
Dumfries and Galloway |28.20 |64
Fife |26.00 |18
Grampian |43.00 |110
Highland |33.50 |72
Lothian |28.70 |53
Strathclyde |27.84 |69
Tayside |32.00 |39
Most major schemes in the county's TSG-supported programme are now complete or nearly complete. Expenditure has therefore tailed off. Expenditure on new schemes has not yet compensated for this reduction. The A259 Rustington bypass has been newly accepted for support in 1989-90.
Military Airports (Scotland)
Mr. Allen Adams : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many military airports there are in Scotland.
Mr. Neubert : I have been asked to reply.
There are four permanent Royal Air Force airfields in Scotland and one operated by the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence. RAF Stornoway, which is normally operated as a civil airport by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, is also activated as a military airfield for up to six weeks a year. In addition there are service units located at a number of other civil airfields from which regular military flying takes place.
SCOTLAND
Single European Market
73. Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to prepare industry in Scotland for the advent of the single European market in 1992.
Mr. Lang : In addition to the Government's "Europe Open for Business" campaign which covers the whole of the United Kingdom, my Department is working closely with the Scottish Development Agency, enterprise trusts,
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chambers of commerce, and other organisations in Scotland, and both Ministers and officials are taking part in an extensive series of seminars and business meetings throughout Scotland. My right hon. and learned Friend has also established the single market committee of the Scottish Economic Council to examine the impact of the Single Market on the economy of Scotland and to submit proposals to encourage those concerned to prepare for it. Our aim is to ensure that every sector of industry and commerce in Scotland is fully prepared for the challenges and opportunities which the single market will present.Academic Tenure
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to end academic tenure in the central institutions.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : It is at only three central institutions where the contractual conditions of service appear to contain restrictive grounds for dismissal of academic staff ("academic tenure"). The 1987 agreement on salaries and conditions in the grant-aided colleges contained a statement of intent by both management and staff sides to agree a common set of conditions of service applying to all academic staff in the sector. We look to the management side to deal with anomalies such as "academic tenure" in the context of that exercise.
Labour Statistics
Mr. David Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of unemployed young males and females in the Glasgow, Shettleston constituency and of the number of jobs, excluding YTS, available to them.
Mr. Lang : On 13 October 1988 (the latest date for which information is available) there were 1,248 male and 500 female unemployed claimants under the age of 25 in the Glasgow, Shettleston parliamentary constituency. Vacancy statistics are not available on a parliamentary constituency or age basis. However, the total numbers of vacancies notified and remaining unfilled on 7 October 1988 at the Glasgow, Central and Parkhead jobcentres, which inter alia serve residents of the Glasgow, Shettleston parliamentary constituency, were 1,379 and 445 respectively. It is estimated that only around one third of all vacancies nationally are notified to jobcentres. This information is available in the Library.
Woodland Grants
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost to public funds of the repeat consultation which the Forestry Commission is conducting, in respect of those schemes approved under the forestry grant scheme which have been transferred to the woodland grant scheme.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : These further consultations are normally very straightforward and consultees usually have little to add to their previous comments. Detailed records of the costs to public funds of these consultations are not kept separately, but they are marginal in relation to the total cost of operating the consultation procedures.
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the number oftrees
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that will be lost from planting in 1988-89, in consequence of the repeat consultation required in respect of those schemes approved under the forestry grant scheme which have been transferred to the woodland grant scheme.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Plans of operations approved by the Forestry Commission under its grant schemes cover a five-year period and do not specify planting by individual years. It is not therefore possible to say how many trees which might have been planted in 1988-89 under the forestry grant scheme will not now be planted in that year because the applicants have decided to transfer to the woodland grant scheme.
Water Charges
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions have been held with representatives of (a) textile, (b) fish processing and (c) food processing industries about the implications of metered water charges to be levied from 1 April 1989 subsequent to the implementation of part V, section 25 and schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Metered water charges are set by the water authorities, the regional and islands councils, who are free to consult industries in their areas. The extent of discussions between the authorities and the particular industries mentioned is not known.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to seek to amend part V, section 25 and schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 ; and if he will make a statement on the effect of proposed metered water charges on (a) existing industries and (b) inward investment to Scotland.
Lord James Douglas Hamilton : There are no plans to amend part V, section 25 of and schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.
The new arrangements require water authorities to adopt an even-handed approach which will be fair to all classes of consumer. This will not increase the total operating cost of supplying water but the cost to each class of consumer may vary. Metered charges have risen but for businesses and industries with low water consumption and high rateable values there could be reductions in costs, resulting from the abolition of the public water rate. Also, many who pay the non-domestic water rate, typically commercial and small business ratepayers, can expect to benefit.
Scotland remains an attractive location for companies seeking a European base. I would not envisage that the increased metered water charges would have a significant effect on the ability to attract new industries.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the metered water charges to be levied per cubic metre in each Scottish regional authority area after 1 April 1989 subsequent to the implementation of part V, paragraph 25 and schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 ; and if he will show the percentage increase or decrease in each case from charges in the financial year 1988-89.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The new charges set by the regional councils and the percentage increases are :
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|Metered water charge from|Increase over the charge
|1 April 1989 pence per |in 1988-89 per cent.
|cubic metre
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Borders |28.00 |27
Central |21.00 |24
Dumfries and Galloway |28.20 |64
Fife |26.00 |18
Grampian |43.00 |110
Highland |33.50 |72
Lothian |28.70 |53
Strathclyde |27.84 |69
Tayside |32.00 |39
In Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Grampian, Highland and Strathclyde, the abolition of the public water rate will provide some offsetting savings in charges. For some consumers, these savings will more than compensate for the increase in metered charges.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number and source of representations he has received : (a)
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supporting, and (b) opposing proposed metered water charges to be levied after 1 April 1989, subsequent to the implementation of part V, paragraph 25 and schedules to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Representations expressing concern about the planned meter water charges have been received on behalf of nine trade and business associations and six companies.
Water Supply (Aluminium Levels)
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research his Department has commissioned into the effect upon humans of water supplies containing levels of aluminium in excess of the level stated in EEC directives.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Departments take note of research carried out by the water industry and other bodies and obtain the advice of a specialist medical committee on health aspects. Research into the effects of aluminium in drinking water has not been commissioned directly by the Scottish Office.
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Local Authority Finance
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each district council area in Scotland (a) the value of the grant safety net payable in 1989-90, (b) the estimate of population which was used when calculating the community charge which would be levied in 1988- 89, (c) the needs assessments on which the projections of 1988-89 community charge levels were based and (d) the average rate bill per adult in 1988- 89.
Mr. Lang : The information requested is set out in the table. The figures in column 1 represent a transitional supplement to grant paid both to regional and district councils in respect of the population of the district area. This will be phased out within three to five years. The projections of community charge levels for 1988-89 were calculated on the basis of projected budgeted expenditure not client group assessments.
|Column 1 |Column 2 |Column 3
|Value of safety net at|Adult Population |Average rate bill per
|taxpayer level |adult 1988-89
|£ |£
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Berwickshire |0 |14,424 |214
Ettrick and Lauderdale |0 |25,710 |205
Roxburgh |0 |27,319 |209
Tweeddale |0 |11,391 |224
Clackmannan |0 |35,137 |237
Falkirk |0 |108,102 |226
Stirling |0 |61,958 |297
Annandale and Eskdale |0 |27,604 |210
Nithsdale |0 |43,882 |210
Stewartry |0 |17,929 |235
Wigtown |0 |23,002 |199
Dunfermline |0 |96,081 |244
Kirkcaldy |0 |111,497 |254
North East Fife |0 |52,114 |292
Aberdeen City |0 |170,657 |231
Banff and Buchan |0 |61,455 |192
Gordon |0 |50,767 |221
Kincardine and Deeside |0 |35,266 |224
Moray |0 |63,301 |182
Badenoch and Strathspey |0 |8,100 |243
Caithness |0 |20,138 |174
Inverness |0 |45,662 |230
Lochaber |0 |14,154 |213
Nairn |0 |7,604 |234
Ross and Cromarty |0 |34,405 |213
Skye and Lochalsh |0 |8,648 |165
Sutherland |0 |10,207 |164
East Lothian |0 |63,731 |317
Edinburgh City |0 |351,866 |333
Midlothian |182,570 |60,695 |275
West Lothian |0 |101,686 |271
Argyll and Bute |1,235,658 |49,474 |277
Bearsden and Milngavie |0 |30,453 |423
Clydebank |664,843 |37,381 |241
Clydesdale |417,660 |43,447 |257
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |752,861 |44,521 |271
Cumnock and Doon Valley |635,754 |32,545 |221
Cunninghame |3,143,844 |100,964 |283
Dumbarton |1,356,316 |58,450 |309
East Kilbride |375,107 |61,879 |280
Eastwood |0 |42,311 |399
Glasgow City |29,151,857 |561,698 |274
Hamilton |367,478 |78,449 |280
Inverclyde |0 |73,531 |263
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |1,214,346 |60,702 |259
Kyle and Carrick |0 |87,133 |303
Monklands |510,925 |77,834 |255
Motherwell |0 |109,686 |251
Renfrew |1,882,902 |153,443 |284
Strathkelvin |151,070 |65,976 |280
Angus |0 |69,926 |242
Dundee City |0 |136,383 |278
Perth and Kinross |0 |95,464 |255
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the aggregate Exchequer grant paid to all local authorities in Scotland for each financial year since 1978-79 (a) in cash terms and (b) at 1988-89 prices.
Mr. Lang : The information requested is set out in the table :
£ million
|Cash terms |1988-89 prices
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1978-79 |1,125 |2,453
1979-80 |1,300 |2,425
1980-81 |1,577 |2,484
1981-82 |1,693 |2,427
1982-83 |1,799 |2,408
1983-84 |1,920 |2,457
1984-85 |1,888 |2,300
1985-86 |1,937 |2,239
1986-87 |1,904 |2,129
1987-88 |2,092 |2,222
1988-89 |2,371 |2,371
Notes:
1. The figures for 1986-87 to 1988-89 will be varied
following the next rate support grant order. The figures
reflect selective and general abatement of grant, except
that for 1988-89 no adjustment has been made for grant
penalties since they will be restored for authorities which
bring their expenditure down to guidelines on outturn.
2. The GDP deflator has been used to convert RSG to 1988-89
prices.
Forestry
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what plans he has for the sale of Forestry Commission forests after 31 March when the present programme of rationalisation comes to an end ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what are the current criteria which define the conditions under which Forestry Commission forests may and may not be sold ; and whether it is his intention to apply those criteria in respect of any proposed Forestry Commission disposals after 31 March.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Forestry Commission's land disposals programme is at present being reviewed. My right hon. and learned Friend will make a statement to the House when the review has been completed.
The main considerations that the Forestry Commissioners are currently required to take into account in selecting areas for sale have been set out in the form of ministerial guidelines. These are reproduced in appendix V to the commission's 1981-82 annual report, a copy of which is available in the Library.
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Flood Damage
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is yet in a position to estimate the total cost of the damage and for reparation to those areas of banking which were breached as a result of the recent flooding at the river Conon, Rosshire ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : My noble Friend the Minister of State has called for detailed reports of floodbank and other damage on the river Conon and elsewhere. He will wish to give these reports careful consideration before he is in a position to make any statement.
Universities
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet responded to the invitation from the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Scottish Universities to end the requirement that the courts of the four ancient Scottish universities should be chaired by the rector.
Mr. Rifkind : I replied yesterday to Principal McNicol's request by confirming that a provision is included in the Self-Governing Schools Etc. (Scotland) Bill, introduced today, to end the automatic right of the rector to chair the court of the universities of St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Given the role of the court, I agree that it would be more appropriate that the court as a whole should be able to choose its own chairman from among those members who are neither staff nor students at the university.
Rating Reform
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police officers in tied housing by district in Scotland will have to pay the personal community charge.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding reply 14 February 1989] : All police officers, whether or not they occupy accommodation provided by the police authority, will have a statutory liability to pay the personal community charge. On 31 December the total number of officers occupying accommodation provided by police authorities in Scotland was 2,169 ; the information held centrally does not provide a breakdown by district.
EMPLOYMENT
Engineers and Scientists
79. Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development countries have a greater number of engineers and scientists per 100, 000 of the employed work force than the United Kingdom.
80. Mr. Jack Thompson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment which Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development countries have a greater number of engineers and scientists per 100,000 of the employed work force than the United Kingdom.
Mr. Cope : International comparisons of numbers of engineers and scientists on a common definition are not available.
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Employment for the 1990s"
Mr. Patnick : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many representations he has received so far following the publication of the White Paper, "Employment for the 1990s" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Cope : To date, over 600 organisations and individuals have made representations about the White Paper "Employment for the 1990s". The overwhelming majority have expressed interest in and support for the establishment of the new training and enterprise councils.
Youth Employment
Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on his proposals to remove the barriers to the employment of 16 to 18-year-olds.
Mr. Cope : Clause 8 of the Employment Bill will repeal the mass of archaic legislation restricting the hours young persons over minimum school -leaving age but under 18 can work. It will also remove other unnecessary restrictions on their employment and related administrative burdens on employers. This will increase the employment opportunities available to young persons and remove barriers to flexibility in business. Necessary health and safety protections for young persons will not be affected.
Working Women
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the differential between the number of full- time working women in Cornwall earning less than £100 per week and the figure for the United Kingdom as a whole.
Mr. Lee : Estimates from the new earnings survey in April 1988 indicate that some 31 per cent. of full-time female employees in Cornwall on adult rates, whose gross earnings were not affected by absence, earned less than £100 per week. The equivalent figure for the United Kingdom as a whole is 16 per cent. Differences in the mix of occupations and industries between Cornwall and the United Kingdom as a whole contribute to regional differences in the distribution of earnings.
Employment Training
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to revise the current operations of the employment training scheme, with specific regard to the position of those going into the scheme who are in receipt of income support or unemployment benefit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend has no present plans to do so.
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of filled places on the employment training programme (a) nationally and (b) in north Staffordshire.
Mr. Nicholls : At 3 February 1989 there were 137,100 people on employment training in Great Britain. Figures
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are not separately available for north Staffordshire, but there were about 2,600 people training in Staffordshire as a whole on the same date.Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the employment training programme's filled places are (a) project-based and (b) employment-based (i) nationally and (ii) in north Staffordshire.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is not available in the precise form requested. It is not possible to give information based only on the number on employment training and the estimates provided in the following table include those people on community programme conditions who are training with employment training managers. Figures are not separately available for north Staffordshire and have been provided for Staffordshire and a whole.
|c|Employment Training: Estimated Division of Filled
Places at|c|
|c|3 February 1989|c|
|National |Staffordshire
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Project-ased |98,133 |2,183
Employment-based |37,839 |615
Other |33,839 |276
Total |169,195 |2,074
Disabled People
Mr. Bowis To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the employment and training opportunities for disabled people.
Mr. Lee : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe) on 6 December 1988 at column 141.
Industrial Relations Training
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make it is his policy to make industrial relations training available to local authorities.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend has no plans to make special provision for local authorities.
Restart
Mrs. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many restart interviews were conducted for each employment service region, between May 1988 and January 1989.
Mr. Lee : The number of restart interviews conducted in each employment service region between May 1988 and January 1989 is shown in the table.
Region |Number of interviews
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Northern |110,000
Yorkshire and Humberside |150,000
East Midlands and Eastern |132,000
London and South East |330,000
South West |70,000
Wales |89,000
West Midlands |161,000
North West |242,000
Scotland |182,000
Great Britain |1,466,000
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in the most recent 12 month period, how many claimants called for restart interview have failed to attend their interview ; how many of those failing to attend are believed to have found work ; how many of those failing to attend have not found work ; how many failing to atend have had their benefit stopped ; how many of these have successfully appealed against the benefit decision ; and how many failing to attend have subsequently re- registered as unemployed.
Mr. Lee : Between January and December 1988, a total of 2,970,000 people were called for a restart interview, of which 339,000 were referred to unemployment benefit offices for failing to attend that interview ; 24,000 (7 per cent.) of these had their benefit or credits disallowed.
The other information requested is not available.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what safeguards he has taken to ensure the confidentiality of personal information given to his staff by claimants during the course of restart interviews ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : It is the employment service's policy that information given to it by its clients, whether written or oral, is always treated in confidence. This policy covers the information given as a result of the restart process.
YTS (Accidents)
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of accidents on YTS, fatal, major and minor, for the period October to December 1988.
Mr. Cope : The table provides YTS accident figures for fatal, major and minor injuries for the period 1 October to 31 December 1988 :
|c|YTS Accidents 1 October-31 December 1988|c|
Period <1>Accidents
|Fatalities |<2>Major injuries
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1 October 1988 to
31 December 1988 |<3>3 |164
<1>Training Agency figures have been compiled on a similar basis to those
prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However,
the Training Agency's figures will include a number of accidents to
trainees in educational establishments and road traffic accidents which
may not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the
individuals been employed.
<2>Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid
down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 1985.
<3>This figure includes two road traffic accidents.
Bridging Allowance
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds by region, were in receipt of bridging allowance at the end of November 1988, December 1988 and January.
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Mr. Cope : Figures for the number of young people in receipt of bridging allowance by region are available only for the middle of each month and are provided in the table.
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|c|Bridging Allowance|c|
|November |December |January
|(10 November 1988)|(8 December 1988) |(12 January 1989)
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East Midlands |1,354 |1,164 |1,292
West Midlands |1,371 |1,074 |1,249
Wales |845 |642 |767
London and South-East |1,703 |1,422 |1,515
South West |680 |540 |623
Northern |1,028 |742 |930
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,836 |1,392 |1,571
Scotland |2,158 |1,793 |1,813
North West |2,183 |2,015 |2,234
|--- |--- |---
Total |13,158 |10,784 |11,994
YTS
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many YTS trainees were in receipt of board and lodging allowance to undertake training away from their home at the end of November 1988, December 1988 and January.
Mr. Cope : I regret that the information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment at the end of November 1988, December 1988 and January 1989, how many people of YTS eligible age, registered with jobcentres or the careers service were awaiting an offer of a YTS place ; and, of them, how many were receiving bridging allowance or extended child benefit or income support.
Mr. Cope : I am satisfied that the Training Agency has more than sufficient YTS places available in all areas of the country for all those who apply for one.
Information on numbers receiving bridging allowance (which is available only for the middle of each month) or for those whose parents were receiving extended child benefit is provided in the table. Information on the number of young people receiving income support is not available.
|Numbers receiving |Number whose parents
|Bridging Allowance |receiving Extended Child
|Benefit
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November 1988 |13,158 |16,444
December 1988 |10,784 |15,641
January 1989 |11,994 |1,451
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Unemployment Benefit
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) for each employment service region, howmany claimants each month have been referred to the unemployment benefit service due to doubts over non- availability or doubts about their restricted availability since May 1988 ;
(2) if he will show, for the 12-month period to end of December 1988, the decisions of adjudication officers on doubtful fresh claims, renewal claims and reviewed claims for unemployment benefit showing the numbers allowed, disallowed, referred to a local tribunal, revised in favour of claimants, revised adversely to claimants and not revised in the following categories of questions (a) employed to full normal extent, (b) engaged in employment, (c) availability, (d) restricted availability, (e) leaving voluntarily, (f) for misconduct, (g) neglecting to avail of employment, (h) refusal of employment, (i) refusal or premature termination of training, (j) refusal to carry out written recommendations and (k) restart.
Mr. Lee : Information is not available in the precise form requested. The relevant statistics have been compiled by the Department of Social Security on a six-monthly basis since January 1988, and no figures are yet available for the period ending December 1988. Statistics relating to individual regions of the employment service are not readily available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
All decisions on claims for unemployment benefit are made by the independent adjudicating authorities and no statistics are kept as to the manner in which the entitlement doubt arose.
Figures on the numbers disallowed for failure to attend a restart interview are not compiled separately.
Subject to these qualifications, the table sets out the available information requested.
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