Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the closure of Batley Jobcentre; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse incurred by moving the operations of that jobcentre to other centres.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The department has always reviewed its offices to make sure it delivers value for money. However, the anticipated costs and savings for each individual Jobcentre is commercially sensitive information. The overall anticipated savings figure was published as part of the last Spending Review announcement.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received under (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) casual, (d) fixed-term and (e) zero hours employment contracts in the last 12 months.
Answered by Damian Hinds
Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the work patterns of the women wishing to claim.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Department has spent £33,255.39 on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix. This figure represents the costs of external Counsel and services provided by the Government Legal Department’s Litigation team. In addition, the Department has received support from the Government Legal Department’s Advisory team but this was provided as part of a broader fee arrangement and it is therefore not possible to separately identify the fee element relating to any particular case or group of cases.
Asked by: Tracy Brabin (Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches his Department has employed in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years; and how many work coaches his Department plans to employ in each such region and part of the UK in each of the next three years.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The number of work coaches employed by the department in each of the last three years, shown by each nation within Great Britain and also by Jobcentre Plus district can be seen in the tables below.
By the end of March 2018 we plan to have around 2,500 more Work Coaches in Jobcentres across the nations and regions of Great Britain. However, the final allocation of work coaches will be based on funding, claimant activity and determined by need.
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| March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 |
| National | 12,613 | 11,341 | 11,596 |
| England | 10,855 | 9,723 | 9,659 |
| Scotland | 1,136 | 997 | 1,186 |
| Wales | 622 | 620 | 750 |
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Jobcentre Plus Region | Jobcentre Plus District | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 |
Central England | Birmingham & Solihull | 476 | 412 | 449 |
Central England | Black Country | 369 | 381 | 355 |
Central England | *Derbyshire | 192 | 0 | 0 |
Central England | East Anglia | 375 | 349 | 326 |
Central England | Leicestershire & Northamptonshire | 270 | 272 | 296 |
Central England | Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Rutland | 348 | 321 | 327 |
Central England | Mercia | 240 | 216 | 242 |
Central England | *Midland Shires | 0 | 406 | 409 |
Central England | *Staffordshire & Shropshire | 257 | 0 | 0 |
London and the Home Counties | Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire | 267 | 238 | 228 |
London and the Home Counties | East London | 555 | 445 | 374 |
London and the Home Counties | Essex | 314 | 288 | 238 |
London and the Home Counties | Kent | 293 | 249 | 246 |
London and the Home Counties | North London | 479 | 390 | 336 |
London and the Home Counties | South London | 624 | 555 | 464 |
London and the Home Counties | West London | 413 | 369 | 361 |
North East England | Durham & Tees Valley | 374 | 332 | 362 |
North East England | North East Yorkshire & Humber | 388 | 353 | 336 |
North East England | Northumberland Tyne & Wear | 372 | 352 | 377 |
North East England | South Yorkshire | 366 | 344 | 377 |
North East England | West Yorkshire | 548 | 573 | 523 |
North West England | Cumbria & Lancashire | 347 | 293 | 343 |
North West England | Greater Manchester Central & Cheshire | 404 | 344 | 370 |
North West England | Greater Manchester East & West | 390 | 372 | 371 |
North West England | Merseyside | 410 | 383 | 427 |
Scotland | East & South East Scotland | 314 | 289 | 315 |
Scotland | Glasgow Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire | 387 | 319 | 395 |
Scotland | North of Scotland | 188 | 180 | 205 |
Scotland | West of Scotland | 247 | 210 | 271 |
Southern England | Devon Cornwall & Somerset | 314 | 273 | 330 |
Southern England | *Avon Severn and Thames | 0 | 0 | 302 |
Southern England | *Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex | 0 | 0 | 363 |
Southern England | *Gloucestershire & West of England | 325 | 262 | 0 |
Southern England | Greater Wessex | 445 | 401 | 435 |
Southern England | *Surrey & Sussex | 348 | 282 | 0 |
Southern England | *Thames Valley | 338 | 267 | 0 |
Wales | North & Mid Wales | 129 | 141 | 172 |
Wales | South East Wales | 271 | 271 | 303 |
Wales | South West Wales | 222 | 207 | 275 |
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