Department for Work and Pensions: Termination of Employment

(asked on 13th April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have (a) had their employment contract terminated and (b) resigned in (i) Jobcentre Plus, (ii) the Pension Service, and (iii) the Child Maintenance Service since January 2025.


Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 23rd April 2026

The data relates to DWP leavers within Child Maintenance Service, Retirement Services, and Universal Credit Operations. It includes both paid and unpaid leavers and covers the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Directorates

Dismissal

Resignation

Grand Total

CHILD MAINTENANCE SERVICE

41

206

247

RETIREMENT SERVICES

53

151

204

UC OPERATIONS

441

1579

2020

Grand Total

535

1936

2471

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