Jobcentre Plus: Civil Proceedings
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 15 June 2009
Steve Webb (Northavon, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1302W, on Jobcentre Plus: civil proceedings, how many times legal action has been taken against (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) individual Jobcentre staff in each region since 2002; on what basis such action was taken in respect of each case in which legal proceedings have been concluded; and what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of such action.
Tony McNulty (Harrow East, Labour)
The information requested is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.