Jobcentre Plus: South East Region

Norman Baker
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus staff were employed in (a) Sussex and (b) the South East in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Knight
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 Jobcentre Plus staff were employed in a) Sussex and b) the South East in each of the last 10 years. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.

I have set out the information you requested in the following table. However, we do not hold figures for Sussex alone. The Jobcentre Plus District for which figures are provided below is Surrey and Sussex. In addition, I am unable to provide information for the period requested. For data capacity reasons the information you seek is only available from 2007.

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|                                                  |South East|Surrey and Sussex|
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|March 2007                                        |5,292     |1,473            |
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|March 2008                                        |5,118     |1,410            |
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|March 2009                                        |5,555     |1,522            |
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|September 2009                                    |6,727     |1,804            |
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|Source: Jobcentre Plus Resource Management System.|          |                 |
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