Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers are available for public use in Jobcentres in (a) each region of England and (b) the UK.
The information requested is detailed below and is from internal DWP data which is correct at the time of this response.
a) English regions
Region | Number of devices |
Southern England | 1380 |
London & Home Counties | 1128 |
Central | 1214 |
Northern England | 2096 |
b) UK
Region (total) | Number of devices |
England | 5818 |
Scotland | 784 |
Wales | 480 |
We also have improved access to our Wi-Fi services in all jobcentres, allowing customers to use their own personal devices to access internet services.
We also constantly review the number of PC’s available for customers and have capacity to increase the number of devices quickly, if the need arises.