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Departmental Expenditure

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 20 December 2005:"The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question concerning: what the total departmental spend was on the administration of (a) the Employment Service, (b) the Benefits Agency and (c) Jobcentre Plus in each of the last five years; and what the projected spends are in each organisation for the next three years. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.""The Employment Service (an Executive Agency of the former Department for Education and Employment) and the Benefits Agency (part of the former Department of Social Security) ceased to exist on 31 March 2002. From 1 April 2002, the Benefits Agency's functions were split between The Pensions Service and Jobcentre Plus, both Executive Agencies of the newly formed Department for Work and Pensions. The Employment Service then became part of Jobcentre Plus. The table below shows the approximate net administration costs of the part of the Benefits Agency that transferred to Jobcentre Plus added to the administration costs of the Employment Service for 2000–01 and 2001–02."

	£ million
	Net administration costs
2000–01	3,043
2001–02	3,001

"The administration costs of Jobcentre Plus for the three years from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2005 are contained in the Agency's Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which can be found in the House of Commons Library. However, to assist you I have reproduced the figures below."

	£ million
	Net administration costs
2002–03	2,951
2003–04	3,042
2004–05	3,148

"The projected net administration costs for the subsequent three years are as follows:"

	£ million
	Net administration costs
2005–06	3,301
2006–07	3,323
2007–08	3,146

"I hope this is helpful."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

440 c2863-5W; 34386

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Expenditure Jobcentre Plus Social Security Benefits Agency Pension Service Employment Service

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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