Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are currently served by the Edinburgh city centre jobcentre on South St Andrew Street.

Edinburgh City claimant count is currently shared with High Riggs Jobcentre and primarily split by age group as opposed to postcode.

The claimant count for High Riggs is 2245. This information is available from the following link: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.

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https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp

These are UC and JSA claimants served by Edinburgh City and High Riggs Jobcentres. We are unable to provide exact figures of ESA and IS claimants potentially affected, however the purpose of the equality analysis is to help establish how many people are likely to be affected by the proposal.