§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the number of people engaged in the jobseeker's allowance scheme in the constituency of Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement. [14052]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe administration of the jobseeker's allowance is a matter for Peter Mathison and Leigh Lewis, the chief executives of the Benefits and Employment Service Agencies. Mr. Mathison will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Barry Jones, dated 6 February 1997:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking, what is his estimate of the number of people engaged in the Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) scheme in the constituency of Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement.I have assumed your question refers to the number of staff employed in the delivery of JSA. The information is not available in the format requested. The delivery of JSA is undertaken jointly by the Benefits Agency (BA) and the Employment Services (ES) Agency.There are 27 ES members of staff employed in your constituency, based at Shotton and Mold Jobcentres.Staffing data for BA is only available by BA Districts and not by Parliamentary Constituencies. The BA District of Wrexham and North Wales Coast has offices at Colwyn Bay, Deeside, Rhyl and Wrexham. Currently there is a total of 50 BA staff employed in the delivery of JSA within these sites and in the corresponding ES sites at Colwyn Bay, Flint, Holywell, Llandudno, Llandudno-Conwy, Llandudno-Llanrwst, Mold, Rhyl, Rhyl-Denbigh, Rhyl-Prestatyn, Shotton and Wrexham. Wrexham-Cefn Mawr, Wrexham-Llangollen. These figures are provisional and subject to amendment.I hope you find this reply helpful.