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Jobcentres

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) jobcentre and (b) Jobcentre Plus offices there are in each (i) region and (ii) parliamentary constituency; and how many of each in each area there were in each year since 1997. [236961]

Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Mel Groves:


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Jobcentre Plus offices open to the public: 1 January 2002 to 1 October 2008
Region 1 October 2008 1 January 2008 1 January 2007 1 January 2006 1 January 2005 1 January 2004 1 January 2003 1 January 2002

East Of England

57

60

65

72

84

85

90

90

East Midlands

53

59

56

69

71

75

83

83

London

77

80

90

114

121

132

138

139

North East

45

45

49

53

60

64

65

65

North West

97

101

112

129

139

153

160

160

Scotland

99

101

103

125

139

150

153

153

South East

76

81

82

97

107

121

123

123

South West

57

64

83

91

102

114

118

118

Wales

63

63

64

87

95

108

111

111

West Midlands

63

64

79

98

105

108

115

116

Yorkshire and the Humber

60

65

61

68

79

87

88

88

Totals of all regions

747

783

844

1,003

1,102

1,197

1,244

1,246

Note:
Prior to implementing our network of benefit delivery centres, from April 2006, many sites delivered both customer facing and benefit processing services.


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Current Jobcentre Plus customer-facing offices
Regions Benefit delivery centres Customer facing Jobcentres Contact centres

East Of England

6

57

2

East Midlands

7

53

3

London

7

77

0

North East

3

45

2

North West

12

97

6

Scotland

9

99

3

South East

8

76

0

South West

6

57

4

Wales

5

63

4

West Midlands

8

63

3

Yorkshire and the Humber

8

60

4

Totals of all regions

79

747

31

Note:
The Jobcentre Plus customer facing service delivery network comprises of Jobcentres, benefit delivery centres, and contact centres. Head office, regional offices and district offices are not included. Contact centres operate nationally and their location bears no relation to the customers they serve.

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobcentres there were in each of the last 10 years. [238378]

Mr. McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. I have asked the Acting Chief Executive, Mel Groves to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Mel Groves:


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Jobcentre Plus Offices open to the Public

Number

1 January 2002

1,246

1 January 2003

1,244

1 January 2004

1,197

1 January 2005

1,102

1 January 2006

1,003

1 January 2007

844

1 January 2008

783

1 October 2008

747

Source:
Jobcentre Plus

Jobseeker's Allowance

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of people flowing off jobseeker's allowance moved (a) into employment, (b) onto other benefits and (c) to an unknown destination in each year since 1997. [226187]

Mr. McNulty: The total number of people flowing off jobseeker's allowance is decreasing in line with the numbers claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. The percentage of people leaving with an unknown destination recorded has increased over the last 10 years. This is because the completion levels of the JSA40 form (forms filled in by people leaving jobseeker's allowance) have decreased over this period. This should be taken into account when interpreting these statistics, as many of these 'unknown' leavers will have moved into employment.

The available information is in the tables.

Numbers of people leaving Jobseeker's Allowance by year and destination

Employment Other Benefit Other reason Not known or not recorded Total

1998

1,661,115

247,965

362,095

765,630

3,036,805

1999

1,620,690

241,315

404,580

842,535

3,109,120

2000

1,513,330

233,530

395,650

848,380

2,990,890

2001

1,365,610

209,605

333,440

823,180

2,731,835

2002

1,290,665

199,425

364,155

866,775

2,721,020

2003

1,207,220

194,900

364,050

869,690

2,635,860

2004

1,078,390

180,815

344,215

857,735

2,461,155

2005

957,985

169,355

311,640

886,720

2,325,700

2006

957,400

180,790

316,135

1,013,985

2,468,310

2007

931,615

193,025

363,450

1,065,035

2,553,125

2008(1)

738,870

150,300

318,350

888,390

2,095,910

(1) January to October.

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