To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library the instructions he has issued to jobcentres on action to be taken when a vacancy covered by a wages council order is notified.

These instructions form part of a two-volume working guide for officials on the operational aspects of the jobcentre service. I do not consider it would be appropriate or practical to place such a document in the Library. The existing instructions on handling vacancies covered by a wages council order are currently being amplified. I will arrange for the hon. Gentleman to be sent a personal copy of both the current and the revised guidance as soon as it is ready.