To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, pursuant to the reply from Mr. M. Fogden of 29 June, the jobcentres and employment offices due to close by parliamentary constituency; and if he has received representations about the closures from any right hon. and hon. Members.
The agency framework document for the employment service (ES) sets out the relationship between the Secretary of State for Employment and the chief executive of the agency.I am informed by the chief executive of the employment service that the information requested about ES local offices is set out in the table. The offices are all small part-time or limited offices which only provide a restricted range of services. A number of representations have been received from right hon. and hon. Members.
| Region and name of office | Parliamentary constituency |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | |
| Brigg | Brigg and Cleethorpes |
| Filey | Rydale |
| Hebden Bridge | Calder Valley |
| Ripon | Skipton and Ripon |
| Sowerby Bridge | Halifax |
| Thirsk | Richmond, Yorkshire |
| Wetherby | Elmet |
| North West Region | |
| Aspatria | Penrith and The Border |
| Ramsbottom | Bury, North |
| London and South East Region | |
| Barkingside | Ilford, North |
| Berkhampstead | Hertfordshire, South-West |
| Bordon | Hampshire, East |
| Burnham | Colchester, South and Maldon |
| Cowes | Isle of Wight |
| Cranbrook | Tunbridge Wells |
| Edenbridge | Sevenoaks |
| Farnham | Surrey, South-West |
| Freshwater | Isle of Wight |
| Gerrards Cross | Beaconsfield |
| Godalming | Guildford |
| Hainault | Ilford, North |
| Halstead | Saffron Walden |
| Haselmere | Surrey, South-West |
| Hythe | Folkestone and Hythe |
| Leatherhead | Mole Valley |
| Maldon | Colchester, South and Maldon |
| Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire, South-West |
| Royston | Hertfordshire, North |
| Saffron Walden | Saffron Walden |
| Shoreham | Shoreham |
| Wallingford | Wantage |
| Wantage | Wantage |
| Waterlooville | Gosport |
| Windsor | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Northern Region | |
| Haltwhistle | Hexham |
| Ferryhill | Sedgefield |
| East Midlands and Eastern Region | |
| Attleborough | Norfolk, South-West |
| Brandon | Bury St. Edmunds |
| Bungay | Waveney |
| Halesworth | Waveney |
| Market Deeping | Stamford and Spalding |
| Ripley | Amber Valley |
| Watton | Norfolk, South-West |
| West Midlands Region | |
| Biddulph | Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, North |
| Burntwood | Cannock and Burntwood |
| Wales | |
| Bethesda | Conwy |
| Bynamma | Neath |
| Clydach | Gower |
| Cwm | Blaenau Gwent |
| Hirwaun | Cynon Valley |
| Merthyr Vale (Aberfan) | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
Region and name of office
| Parliamentary constituency
|
| New Tredegar | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
| Pembroke | Pembroke |
| Senghenydd | Caerphilly |
South West Region
| |
| Asburton | Teignbridge |
| Bovey Tracey | Teignbridge |
| Camelford | Cornwall, North |
| Marlborough | Devizes |
| Nailsworth | Stroud |
| Seaton | Honiton |
| Sherborne | Dorset, West |
| Tidworth | Devizes |
| Torrington | Devon, West and Torridge |