Jobcentre Plus: Redundancy

Justine Greening
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2024-5W, on redundancy, how many of the staff leaving his Department and its agencies on staff exit schemes were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each year since 2005-06.

Jonathan Shaw
The following table shows the number of staff, included in the response of 26 November 2008, who were employed by Jobcentre Plus in each of the years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08.

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|       |Number|
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|2005-06|1,987 |
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|2006-07|1,862 |
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|2007-08|1,443 |
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