Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are at each job centre in the UK, broken down by job centre.
The total Staff in Post (SIP) for all Work Coach activity has been provided broken down by district. As of January 2022, the total number of Work Coaches in our Jobcentres is 27,049 SIP. It is not possible to give an exact number for each Jobcentre because Work Coaches work across whole of their district and sometimes beyond.
The standard DWP definition of Work Coach activity includes Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) activity. Also included here are a number of staff carrying out related activities including those in temporary Work Coach Team Leader roles.
JCP District | SIP |
Avon Somerset and Gloucestershire | 836 |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 654 |
Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 637 |
Birmingham and Solihull | 946 |
Black Country | 761 |
Central Scotland | 343 |
Cheshire | 359 |
Cumbria and Lancashire | 840 |
Devon and Cornwall | 691 |
Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 1024 |
Durham and Tees Valley | 626 |
East Anglia | 814 |
East London | 1257 |
East Scotland | 467 |
Essex | 738 |
Greater Manchester | 1384 |
Kent | 631 |
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire | 612 |
Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Rutland | 767 |
Mercia | 717 |
Merseyside | 874 |
National | 111 |
North and Mid Wales | 347 |
North East Scotland | 483 |
North East Yorkshire and Humber | 582 |
North London | 1026 |
Northern Scotland | 150 |
Northumberland Tyne and Wear | 699 |
South East Wales | 547 |
South London | 1314 |
South West Scotland | 395 |
South West Wales | 518 |
South Yorkshire | 651 |
Staffordshire and Derbyshire | 749 |
Surrey and Sussex | 877 |
West London | 1152 |
West Scotland | 404 |
West Yorkshire | 1066 |
Grand Total | 27049 |