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<p>Table 1 shows the number of staff who were directly employed in the Department at the end of each year from 2008 to 2012 and on 30 October 2013. The figures are 'staff in post', ie people counted as a single unit irrespective of the hours they work.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Number<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">31December2008<br /></td><td valign="top">104,662<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">31December2009<br /></td><td valign="top">121,824<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">31December2010<br /></td><td valign="top">112,135<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">31December2011<br /></td><td valign="top">101,331<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">31December2012<br /></td><td valign="top">197,984<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">30October2013<br /></td><td valign="top">192,946<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1For the purposes of consistency the figures for 31 December 2012and 30 October 2013 do not include the Child Maintenance Group,previously known as the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, anon-departmental public body, which became part of the core Departmenton 1 August2012.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p><p>As part of restructuring Jobcentre Plus became part of the core Department, as part of DWP Operations in October 2011. An estimate of the number of staff directly employed in DWP Operations at 31 December 2012 and 30 October 2013, in those areas of work most closely aligned with previous Jobcentre Plus operations functions, is shown in Table 2 as follows. As part of the restructuring a number of non operational support activities undertaken in Jobcentre Plus were subsumed into departmental corporate functions. These are not included in the figures in Table 2.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table2<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Number<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">31December2012<br /></td><td valign="top">75,777<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">30October2013<br /></td><td valign="top">70,527<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p> |