1. Official Report, 21 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 483:
Under the heading "Civil Defence", delete Mr. Redmond's question and substitute the following:
"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to publish the report on the evaluation of the civil defence region No. 2 REGEX exercise."
2. Official Report, 23 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 671:
At line 40, before "Opencast Coal Mining" insert the following:
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those declining a YTS place had a benefit reduction on grounds of voluntary unemployment for each month between June 1987 and May 1988; and how many of those leaving YTS early had a benefit reduction on grounds of voluntary unemployment for each month between June 1987 and May 1988.
I have been asked to reply.The numbers of people who had their supplementary benefit reduced for refusing a youth training scheme place, or for leaving a youth training scheme course early, in each four-week period between 6 May 1987 and 8 April 1988 are as follows:
| For 4 weeks ending | Refusal of place | Early leavers |
| 1987 | ||
| 2 June | 6 | 85 |
| 30 June | 9 | 67 |
| 28 July | 4 | 65 |
| 25 August | 3 | 80 |
| 22 September | 2 | 64 |
| 20 October | 1 | 85 |
| 17 November | 8 | 94 |
| 15 December | 10 | 65 |
| 1988 | ||
| 12 January | 6 | 42 |
| 9 February | 5 | 68 |
| 8 March | 3 | 59 |
| 8 April (see note 3) | — | 55 |
Notes:
1. The figures are provisional and subject to amendment.
2. No figures are available for periods after 8 April 1988.
3. The period to 8 April covers just over four weeks to run to the end of the end of the supplementary benefit scheme.
3. Official Report, 23 June 1988, Written Answers, c. 726: At end of column, insert the following: