Jobcentre Plus: Staff

(asked on 14th October 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Emily Thornberry Portrait
Emily Thornberry
(Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many income support advisers were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
This question was answered on 22nd October 2015

The number of Income Support Advisers that were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years is in the table.


Period/Year

Number of Income Support Advisors that were employed by Jobcentre Plus

2011/12

1,305

2012/13

1,088

2013//14

983

2014/15

1,172

2015/16 (part year only)

1,209


  1. The numbers for 2015/16 are for the period April to September 2015.
  2. The numbers of advisers are expressed as Full Time Equivalents.
  3. Source of management information: DWP Work Services Activity Based Management Tool.
  4. The management information contained within this document does not form part of any official statistics and is intended for DWP internal use only.

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