Q. Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

(asked on 6th February 2017) - View Source

Questioner

Tracy Brabin
(Labour (Co-op) - Batley and Spen)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches his Department has employed in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years; and how many work coaches his Department plans to employ in each such region and part of the UK in each of the next three years.

Answered by

Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)

This question was answered on 9th February 2017

The number of work coaches employed by the department in each of the last three years, shown by each nation within Great Britain and also by Jobcentre Plus district can be seen in the tables below.

By the end of March 2018 we plan to have around 2,500 more Work Coaches in Jobcentres across the nations and regions of Great Britain. However, the final allocation of work coaches will be based on funding, claimant activity and determined by need.

		March 2014	March 2015	March 2016
	National	12,613	11,341	11,596
	England	10,855	9,723	9,659
	Scotland	1,136	997	1,186
	Wales	622	620	750

Jobcentre Plus Region	Jobcentre Plus District	March 2014	March 2015	March 2016
Central England	Birmingham & Solihull	476	412	449
Central England	Black Country	369	381	355
Central England	*Derbyshire	192	0	0
Central England	East Anglia	375	349	326
Central England	Leicestershire & Northamptonshire	270	272	296
Central England	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Rutland	348	321	327
Central England	Mercia	240	216	242
Central England	*Midland Shires	0	406	409
Central England	*Staffordshire & Shropshire	257	0	0
London and the Home Counties	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire	267	238	228
London and the Home Counties	East London	555	445	374
London and the Home Counties	Essex	314	288	238
London and the Home Counties	Kent	293	249	246
London and the Home Counties	North London	479	390	336
London and the Home Counties	South London	624	555	464
London and the Home Counties	West London	413	369	361
North East England	Durham & Tees Valley	374	332	362
North East England	North East Yorkshire & Humber	388	353	336
North East England	Northumberland Tyne & Wear	372	352	377
North East England	South Yorkshire	366	344	377
North East England	West Yorkshire	548	573	523
North West England	Cumbria & Lancashire	347	293	343
North West England	Greater Manchester Central & Cheshire	404	344	370
North West England	Greater Manchester East & West	390	372	371
North West England	Merseyside	410	383	427
Scotland	East & South East Scotland	314	289	315
Scotland	Glasgow Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire	387	319	395
Scotland	North of Scotland	188	180	205
Scotland	West of Scotland	247	210	271
Southern England	Devon Cornwall & Somerset	314	273	330
Southern England	*Avon Severn and Thames	0	0	302
Southern England	*Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex	0	0	363
Southern England	*Gloucestershire & West of England	325	262	0
Southern England	Greater Wessex	445	401	435
Southern England	*Surrey & Sussex	348	282	0
Southern England	*Thames Valley	338	267	0
Wales	North & Mid Wales	129	141	172
Wales	South East Wales	271	271	303
Wales	South West Wales	222	207	275

Notes

The number of Work Coaches is expressed as a Full Time Equivalent.
Numbers rounded to the nearest whole number.
Numbers may not sum due to rounding
* Highlights change to District structure

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

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