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Jobcentre Plus

Answer

The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. She will write to the hon. Member.Letter from Lesley Strathie, dated 12 December 2005:"The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question concerning which areas Jobcentre Plus offices have replaced Benefit Agency offices and when he expects the remaining Benefit Agency offices to be replaced by Jobcentre Plus offices. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.""Since the inception of Jobcentre Plus in 2002 we have been refurbishing and replacing the offices of the former Benefits Agency and Employment Service, on a rolling programme, to enable us to deliver the new, integrated Jobcentre Plus service. We are now in the final phase of rollout and every Jobcentre Plus district has live Jobcentre Plus offices and some districts are already completely rolled out. The following table lists all Jobcentre Plus districts, and where they are in the rollout programme."

Region and district	Fully rolled out/partial rollout
East Midlands
Derbyshire	Full
Leicestershire	Full
Lincolnshire and Rutland	Partial
Northamptonshire	Full
Nottinghamshire	Partial
East of England
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Partial
Cambridgeshire	Partial
Norfolk	Partial
Essex	Partial
Suffolk	Full
London
Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon	Partial
Central London	Partial
City and East London	Partial
Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth	Partial
North London	Partial
South East London	Partial
South London	Partial
North East London	Partial
West London	Full
North East
City of Sunderland	Partial
Durham	Partial
Gateshead and South Tyneside	Full
Northumbria	Full
Tees Valley	Full
North West
Cheshire and Warrington	Partial
Cumbria	Full
Lancashire East	Partial
Greater Manchester Central	Partial
Greater Manchester East	Partial
Greater Manchester West	Partial
Greater Mersey	Full
Lancashire West	Partial
Liverpool and Wirral	Full
Scotland
ADGI	Partial
Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders	Partial
Forth Valley and Fife	Partial
Glasgow	Partial
HICC	Partial
Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire	Partial
South East
Bucks and Oxon and Berkshire	Partial
Hampshire	Partial
Kent	Partial
Surrey and Sussex	Partial
South West
Devon and Cornwall	Full
Dorset and Somerset	Full
Gloucester, Wiltshire and Swindon	Partial
West of England	Partial
Wales
Bridgend	Full
Cardiff and Vale	Full
Eastern Valleys	Partial
North West Wales	Partial
South East Wales	Full
Swansea Bay	Partial
West Wales	Partial
Wrexham and North West Coast	Partial
West Midlands
Birmingham and Solihull	Partial
Black Country	Partial
Coventry and Warwickshire	Partial
Staffordshire	Partial
The Marches	Partial
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley Doncaster and Rotherham	Partial
Bradford	Partial
Calderdale and Kirklees	Partial
East Yorks and Humber	Partial
Leeds	Partial
North Yorkshire	Partial
Sheffield	Full
Wakefield	Partial

"By summer 2006 the rollout programme will be substantially complete and all of our customers will have access to an integrated jobs and benefit service.""I hope this is helpful."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

440 c1770-1W;440 c1770-1W; 34287

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Jobcentres Jobcentre Plus Offices Social Security Benefits Agency

Link

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