HC Deb 18 December 2002 vol 396 cc855-6W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in which postcode areas Jobcentre Plus regulations are in force and in which particularly mandatory interviews for claimants in receipt of benefits other than Jobseekers Allowance apply. [86716]

Malcolm Wicks

Mandatory work-focused meetings were introduced from October 2001 in 56 Jobcentre Plus pathfinder offices and 39 work-focused interview sites. The postcode areas covered by these offices and sites are listed in a schedule to the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001 (SI 3210).

These regulations were revoked in June 2002 and have been superseded by the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002 (S11703). These regulations do not include a schedule of postcodes, but allow for the gradual rollout of the new Jobcentre Plus service. The offices that have been rolled out under these regulations, and the postcodes that they cover, are in the table.

Office Postcodes covered
Bridgnorth DY7 5DR, DY7 5DS, DY7 5ER, DY7 5EU, DY7 5LF, DY7 5LJ, DYI2 1SU, ST19 9AP, TF11 8, TF11 9, TF12 5, TF13 6, WR15 8, WV5 7, WV6 7, WV7 3, WV8 1, WV15 5, WV15 6, WV16 4, WV16 5, WV16 6
Cheetham M7 4DU, M7 4YG, M7 4YB, M7 4YT, M7 4YE, M7 4YH, M7 8YS, M7 4QA, M8, M9
Fraserburgh AB 43
Kirkby St. Chads L9 0, L9 5, L9 8, LIO 0, LIO 1, L10 4. LIO 6, LIO 8, L32, L33
Nelson BB9
Plympton PL7, PL21
Spen Valley WF13, WF14. WF15, WF16, BD4, BD11, BD12, BDI 9

Note:

Where a full postcode is not given the office covers the whole of the postal area shown