The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Darra Singh. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Darra Singh:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking how many additional staff have been recruited by Jobcentre Plus from outside her Department in each region in each of the last 12 months. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The table at Annex 1 provides details by region/country of the number of external recruits to Jobcentre Plus in the 12 month period October 2008 to September 2009.
2008 2009 Region/country Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Total East Midlands 54 70 28 171 63 88 85 108 220 268 219 159 1,533 East of England 26 40 32 70 40 94 93 163 324 343 228 135 1,588 London 8 97 43 74 40 85 143 193 231 307 381 264 1,866 North East 23 15 41 37 28 38 127 95 237 196 117 122 1,076 North West 45 127 79 136 126 191 85 158 276 490 321 321 2,355 Scotland 93 66 67 109 113 131 168 218 332 329 188 68 1,882 South East 37 45 85 142 73 25 186 297 207 324 215 94 1,730 South West 30 81 58 105 36 65 75 132 206 252 228 64 1,332 Wales 38 60 47 134 66 99 56 41 100 232 140 54 1,067 West Midlands 28 57 82 69 57 175 95 213 293 318 227 242 1,856 Yorkshire and the Humber 51 53 58 93 65 132 121 80 296 465 186 222 1,822 Total 433 711 620 1,140 707 1,123 1,234 1,698 2,722 3,524 2,450 1,745 18,107 Source: Department for Work and Pensions Resource Management System