§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total budget was of Bradford Job Centre; what the total number of staff was; and what the budget allocation for each employment programme was in each year since 1 April 1995. [112842]
§ Mr. Nicholas Brown[holding answer 12 May 2003]All staffing, running costs and programme budgets are allocated at District level and are not available for individual offices. However, we have been able to extract the running costs for staffing and goods and services for the Bradford Jobcentres.
There are two Jobcentres within Bradford: Eastbrook Court and Vicar Lane. The following tables show (i) the running costs for staffing and goods and services as a whole for the two Jobcentres in Bradford from 1999 and (ii) the programme budget allocation for Bradford District as a whole from 1999.
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Bradford Jobcentres (Eastbrook Court/Vicar Lane)— salary/ goods and services budgets and staffing data 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Salaries budget 3,112,655 3,045,618 3,371,468 4,649,445 Goods and services budget 184,595 169,489 182,226 229,170 Total 3,297,250 3,215,107 3,553,694 4,878,615 Staff in post Whole time equivalents 183 174 183 223 Staff in post 192 184 194 236 Notes: 1. Figures for the new Jobcentre Plus organization including benefit processing staff in the Vicar Lane site. Previous years figures are the Employment Service only. Source: Bradford District—General Ledger
Bradford district—employment programmes Full year allocation Budget allocation for the Bradford District (this includes the budget for Bradford Jobcentre) 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Lone parent programmes LP child care payments 1,904 6,995 11,133 529,378 LP refund of fares 255 839 4,470 3,572 LP Refund Training Course Fees 4,361 11,702 26,599 28,625 LP Programme Centre 18,480 86,048 111,795 5,999 Total 25,000 105,584 153,997 567,574 ND Partners Programmes ND Partners — 36,450 — 207,362 ND Partners Fares & Fees — 36,450 300 — ND Partners Client Expenses — 8,105 86,215 — Training Allowance Payments — — 90 — Total — 81,005 86,605 207,362 ND 50+ programmes ND50+ programmes — 13,500 6,165 9,061 Total ND50+ programmes — 13,500 6,165 9,061 Source: Year End Financial Management Reports This information could be provided only for periods to 1999–2000 at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent(a) permanent and (b) fixed term staff worked at the Job Centre in Sutton in each of the last three years. [112641]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe average staffing levels at Sutton Jobcentre for the last three years are in the table.
Year Average full time equivalent staffing levels 2002–03 32.5 2001–02 32.9 2000–03 33.4 Source: Business Manager, Sutton Jobcentre. Due to permanent staff turnover during these periods, Jobcentre Plus estimate that around 10 per cent. of these were staff on short-term temporary contracts.