To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total budget was of Bradford Job Centre; what the total number of staff was; and what the budget allocation for each employment programme was in each year since 1 April 1995. [112842]
[holding answer 12 May 2003]: All staffing, running costs and programme budgets are allocated at District level and are not available for individual offices. However, we have been able to extract the running costs for staffing and goods and services for the Bradford Jobcentres.There are two Jobcentres within Bradford: Eastbrook Court and Vicar Lane. The following tables show (i) the running costs for staffing and goods and services as a whole for the two Jobcentres in Bradford from 1999 and (ii) the programme budget allocation for Bradford District as a whole from 1999.
| Bradford Jobcentres (Eastbrook Court/Vicar Lane)— salary/ goods and services budgets and staffing data | ||||
| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
| Salaries budget | 3,112,655 | 3,045,618 | 3,371,468 | 4,649,445 |
| Goods and services budget | 184,595 | 169,489 | 182,226 | 229,170 |
| Total | 3,297,250 | 3,215,107 | 3,553,694 | 4,878,615 |
| Staff in post | ||||
| Whole time equivalents | 183 | 174 | 183 | 223 |
| Staff in post | 192 | 184 | 194 | 236 |
| Notes: | ||||
| 1. Figures for the new Jobcentre Plus organization including benefit processing staff in the Vicar Lane site. Previous years figures are the Employment Service only. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Bradford District—General Ledger | ||||
Bradford district—employment programmes
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Full year allocation
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Budget allocation for the Bradford District (this includes the budget for Bradford Jobcentre)
| 1999–2000
| 2000–01
| 2001–02
| 2002–03
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Lone parent programmes
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| LP child care payments | 1,904 | 6,995 | 11,133 | 529,378 |
| LP refund of fares | 255 | 839 | 4,470 | 3,572 |
| LP Refund Training Course Fees | 4,361 | 11,702 | 26,599 | 28,625 |
| LP Programme Centre | 18,480 | 86,048 | 111,795 | 5,999 |
| Total | 25,000 | 105,584 | 153,997 | 567,574 |
ND Partners Programmes
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| ND Partners | — | 36,450 | — | 207,362 |
| ND Partners Fares & Fees | — | 36,450 | 300 | — |
| ND Partners Client Expenses | — | 8,105 | 86,215 | — |
| Training Allowance Payments | — | — | 90 | — |
| Total | — | 81,005 | 86,605 | 207,362 |
ND 50+ programmes
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| ND50+ programmes | — | 13,500 | 6,165 | 9,061 |
| Total ND50+ programmes | — | 13,500 | 6,165 | 9,061 |
Source:
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| Year End Financial Management Reports | ||||
| This information could be provided only for periods to 1999–2000 at disproportionate cost. | ||||
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent (a) permanent and (b) fixed term staff worked at the Job Centre in Sutton in each of the last three years. [112641]
The average staffing levels at Sutton Jobcentre for the last three years are in the table.
| Year | Average full time equivalent staffing levels |
| 2002–03 | 32.5 |
| 2001–02 | 32.9 |
| 2000–03 | 33.4 |
| Source: | |
| Business Manager, Sutton Jobcentre. | |