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Written question asked by Seema Malhotra (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2021 (named day). It was answered by Mims Davies (Conservative) on Monday, 1 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Jobcentres: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent work coaches her Department employs; and what the average caseload is for each full-time equivalent work coach as at 24 February 2021.

Answer

The department employs 20217 Work Coaches and their average workload for IWS (Intensive Work Search) cases is 180. These figures were correct at the date of the last reporting period which was 31 January 2021 for the number of Work Coaches employed and 21 February 2021 for the average caseload. We are currently recruiting an additional 13,500 Work Coaches which we are on track to achieve by the end of the financial year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
158054
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Jobcentres Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk