Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many, (b) what proportion of and (c) which jobcentres will be operating universal credit by spring 2015.

By the end of December, 96 jobcentres will be operating Universal Credit – these are

Ashton – under – Lyne

Blackpool South

Irlam

Workington

Clitheroe

Wigan

Hammersmith

Inverness

Bath

Shotton

Hyde

Bolton Black Horse Street

Bolton Great Moor Street

Crosby

Southport

Bromborough

Upton

Leyland

Preston

Newton-le-Willows

Worsley

St Helens

Crewe

Heywood

Ormskirk

Skelmersdale

Newton Heath

Wythenshawe

Everton

Williamson Square, Liverpool

Burnley

Nelson

Ashton-in-Makerfield

Leigh

Macclesfield

Aintree

Garston, Liverpool

Fleetwood

Longsight

Didsbury

Runcorn

Widnes

Chorley

Ellesmere Port

Northwich

Lancaster

Barrow

Blackpool North

Lytham St Annes

Whitehaven

Penrith

Carlisle

Oldham

Warrington

Rugby

Harrogate

Altincham

Stalybridge

Stretford

Bootle

Farnworth

Birkenhead

Hoylake

Wallasey

Bury

Prestwich

Eccles

Huyton

Kirkby

Chester

Wilmslow

Middleton

Rochdale

Cheetham Hill

Congleton

Wavertree

Edge Hill, Liverpool

Toxteth

Accrington

Colne

Rawtenstall

Atherton

Alexandra Park, Manchester

Norris Green, Liverpool

Belle Vale, Liverpool

West Derby, Liverpool

Chorlton

Rusholme

Openshaw

Stockport

Blackburn

Darwen

Salford

Winsford

Morecambe

Kendal

We will provide details of the next tranche of Jobcentre Plus offices to open for Universal Credit claims on completion of the next phase of local planning.