PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment Schemes (5 January 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are at each job centre in the UK, broken down by job centre.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Answer

The total Staff in Post (SIP) for all Work Coach activity has been provided broken down by district. As of January 2022, the total number of Work Coaches in our Jobcentres is 27,049 SIP. It is not possible to give an exact number for each Jobcentre because Work Coaches work across whole of their district and sometimes beyond.

The standard DWP definition of Work Coach activity includes Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) activity. Also included here are a number of staff carrying out related activities including those in temporary Work Coach Team Leader roles.

JCP District

SIP

Avon Somerset and Gloucestershire

836

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

654

Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

637

Birmingham and Solihull

946

Black Country

761

Central Scotland

343

Cheshire

359

Cumbria and Lancashire

840

Devon and Cornwall

691

Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire and Isle of Wight

1024

Durham and Tees Valley

626

East Anglia

814

East London

1257

East Scotland

467

Essex

738

Greater Manchester

1384

Kent

631

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

612

Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Rutland

767

Mercia

717

Merseyside

874

National

111

North and Mid Wales

347

North East Scotland

483

North East Yorkshire and Humber

582

North London

1026

Northern Scotland

150

Northumberland Tyne and Wear

699

South East Wales

547

South London

1314

South West Scotland

395

South West Wales

518

South Yorkshire

651

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

749

Surrey and Sussex

877

West London

1152

West Scotland

404

West Yorkshire

1066

Grand Total

27049


Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
18 January 2022

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.