Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches were employed in job centres as of 31 October 2022; and how many such coaches were employed in job centres on the same date in each of the previous five years.
Please find the data and number in relation to Work Coaches as listed below. For clarity these are Full time equivalents (FTE) and not individual staff members.
| Work Coach ABM FTE |
Oct-22 | 15,249.07 |
Oct-21 | 21,469.57 |
Oct-20 | 16,427.89 |
Oct-19 | 12,324.98 |
Oct-18 | 12,493.22 |
Oct-17 | 13,008.98 |