Jobcentre Plus: Vacancies
Work and Pensions
Jennifer Willott (Cardiff Central, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many posts in the Jobcentre Plus network have been vacant in each of the last 12 months.
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Welfare Reform; Minister for London), Department for Work and Pensions; Harrow East, Labour)
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 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 posts in the Jobcentre Plus network have been vacant in each of the last 12 months. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
The table below shows a snapshot of the number of internal and external vacant posts in each of the last 12 months within Jobcentre Plus.
| Number of vacancies | |
| 2007 | |
| December | 567 |
| 2008 | |
| January | 609 |
| February | 642 |
| March | 602 |
| April | 786 |
| May | 756 |
| June | 627 |
| July | 628 |
| August | 513 |
| September | 644 |
| October | 646 |
| November | 742 |
| Source: Jobcentre Plus | |