Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants are affected by the decision to close the jobcentre at Eastern Avenue, Sheffield.

We currently have 1150 UC and JSA claimants using Eastern Avenue Jobcentre. This information is available from the following link: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Guidance for users is available at:

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

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.