Fylde
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 26 October 2009
Michael Jack (Fylde, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were employed in each section of her Department in the Borough of Fylde in each of the last five years.
Jim Knight (Minister of State (the South West), Regional Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
The number of people employed in each of the Department's business areas in the Borough of Fylde at
| Headcount | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Borough of Fylde | |||||
| Jobcentre Plus | 681 | 542 | 519 | 385 | 169 |
| Pensions, Disability and Carers Service(1) | 169 | 140 | 102 | 83 | 38 |
| Child Support Agency(2) | 382 | 371 | 365 | 260 | 0 |
| Corporate and Shared Services | 489 | 340 | 199 | 147 | 457 |
| Total | 1,721 | 1,393 | 1,185 | 875 | 664 |
| (1) The Pensions Disability and Carers Service was formed in 2008 by the merger of The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service. For consistency the figures have been combined for earlier years also. (2) The Child Support Agency transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission on 1 November 2008. Figures shown are on the basis of headcount i.e. the number of individual staff employed. The increase in the Corporate and Shared Services area between 2008 and 2009 and reductions in Jobcentre Plus and Pensions, Disability and Carers Service are largely the result of a transfer of staff from delivery businesses as part of a restructuring of the Information Technology function. | |||||