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Jobcentre Plus: Manpower

Answer

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 right 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 personal advisers have been employed in Jobcentres 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.""Information is only available from 2003/04. The following table shows the number of advisers for each year from 2003/04 to 2009/10. These figures represent an average of staff deployed in personal adviser activities across each year.""The table reports a reducing trend in personal adviser numbers over the period. That reflects a decline in unemployment levels. However, as unemployment has increased, this has resulted in additional personal advisers being recruited during the second half of 2008/09. As at May 2009, Jobcentre Plus had 10,458 advisers in post and more are currently being recruited."

Jobcentre Plus personal advisers
	Full-time equivalents
2003-04	10,159
2004-05	10,515
2005-06	10,259
2006-07	9,275
2007-08	9,235
2008-09	9,425
2009-10¹	10,193
¹ Figure is average staff deployed between April 2009 and May 2009.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

498 c1084W; 271624

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Jobcentres Jobcentre Plus Staff

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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