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Written question asked by Michael Jack (Conservative) on Friday, 9 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 26 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Fylde

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were employed in each section of her Department in the Borough of Fylde in each of the last five years.
Answer

The number of people employed in each of the Department's business areas in the Borough of Fylde at 31 March of each year from 2005 to 2009 is shown in the following table.

Headcount 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Borough of Fylde
Jobcentre Plus 681 542 519 385 169
Pensions, Disability and Carers Service¹ 169 140 102 83 38
Child Support Agency² 382 371 365 260 0
Corporate and Shared Services 489 340 199 147 457
Total 1,721 1,393 1,185 875 664
¹ The Pensions Disability and Carers Service was formed in 2008 by the merger of The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service. For consistency the figures have been combined for earlier years also.
² The Child Support Agency transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission on 1 November 2008. Figures shown are on the basis of headcount i.e. the number of individual staff employed.
The increase in the Corporate and Shared Services area between 2008 and 2009 and reductions in Jobcentre Plus and Pensions, Disability and Carers Service are largely the result of a transfer of staff from delivery businesses as part of a restructuring of the Information Technology function.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c156-8W;498 c154-6W; 291946
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Department for Work and Pensions Fylde
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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