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:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many personal advisers working in Jobcentre Plus are graded at (a) executive officer and (b) higher executive officer; and what the pay scales for those grades are. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
Personal Advisers in Jobcentre Plus are all graded at Band C which is equivalent to Executive Officer level. There are currently over 9,700 Personal Adviser full time equivalents in Jobcentre Plus. Personal Advisers are managed by Advisory Services Managers who are graded at Band D, which is equivalent to Higher Executive Officer level and there are currently over 900 full time equivalent people in this role.
The pay scales for Personal Advisers are those for EO/Band C and are as follows:
£ National Inner London Outer London Specified locations Minimum 19,650 23,240 21,910 21,620 Maximum 23,990 27,850 26,680 26,210
The pay scales for Advisory services managers are those for HEO/Band D and are as follows:
£ National Inner London Outer London Specified locations Minimum 24,410 27,970 26,800 26,280 Maximum 29,500 33,190 32,020 31,550 Note: Specified locations pay zones are those where recruitment difficulties historically have led to an increase in local salary scales. Generally these apply across much of the South East, outside the London pay zones.
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:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many personal advisers were employed in jobcentres in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency in each of the last 5 years. This is something that falls within my responsibilities as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The information is in the following table:
Year ending: Copeland Cumbria March 2005 (see note 2) 15 87 March 2006 11 79 March 2007 12 74 March 2008 15 77 March 2009 13 72 Notes: 1. The Copeland area includes Jobcentres in Cleator Moor and Whitehaven. 2. Process changes between 2004-05 and the following years mean that this data is not comparable with later years. Source: Jobcentre Plus
We are closely managing our capacity to respond to the rising business volumes we are experiencing. The number of Personal Advisers in Cumbria will therefore be increasing in the coming months. Our planning for this increase is yet to be finalised and I know that Steve Johnson, District Manager for Jobcentre Plus in Cumbria and Lancashire, would be happy to discuss this with you at the meeting you have scheduled with him on 5 June.