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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in which postcode areas Jobcentre Plus regulations are in force and in which particularly mandatory interviews for claimants in receipt of benefits other than Jobseekers Allowance apply. [86716] Malcolm Wicks: Mandatory work-focused meetings were introduced from October 2001 in 56 Jobcentre Plus pathfinder offices and 39 work-focused interview sites. The postcode areas covered by these offices and sites are listed in a schedule to the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001 (SI 3210). These regulations were revoked in June 2002 and have been superseded by the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002 (S11703). These regulations do not include a schedule of postcodes, but allow for the gradual rollout of the new Jobcentre Plus service. The offices that have been rolled out under these regulations, and the postcodes that they cover, are in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Office Postcodes covered Bridgnorth DY7 5DR, DY7 5DS, DY7 5ER, DY7 5EU, DY7 5LF, DY7 5LJ, DY12 1SU, ST19 9AP, TF11 8, TF11 9, TF12 5, TF13 6, WR15 8, WV5 7, WV6 7, WV7 3, WV8 1, WV15 5, WV15 6, WV16 4, WV16 5, WV16 6 Cheetham M7 4DU, M7 4YG, M7 4YB, M7 4YT, M7 4YE, M7 4YH, M7 8YS, M7 4QA, M8, M9 Fraserburgh AB 43 Kirkby St. Chads L9 0, L9 5, L9 8, L10 0, L10 1, L10 4, L10 6, L10 8, L32, L33 Nelson BB9 Plympton PL7, PL21 Spen Valley WF13, WF14, WF15, WF16, BD4, BD11, BD12, BD1 9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Where a full postcode is not given the office covers the whole of the postal area shown

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

86716; 396 c858W;396 c856W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Benefits rules Interviews Jobcentre Plus Location Social security benefits Postcodes

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