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Written Question

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Tuesday 8th April 2014

Asked by: Baroness Curran (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where each Jobcentre Plus office is in Scotland; when each office opened; and how many people have used each such office in each year since 2010.

Answered by Esther McVey

There are 94 Jobcentres in Scotland. A full list of these Jobcentres is provided at Annex 1.

We do not keep a record of when each office opened, so I am unable to supply you with this information.

There are no official statistics kept which would provide you with the number of people who have used each office in each year since 2010. Many people, some of whom are already employed, use the jobpoints or Intranet Access Devices in our Jobcentres but may not make a claim to benefit or register unemployed. It would therefore be impossible to provide you with the total number of people using the Jobcentres.

Annex 1

List of Jobcentres in Scotland

East & South East Scotland

Alloa JC

Bathgate JC

Broxburn JC

Cowdenbeath JC

Cupar JC

Dalkeith JC

Dunfermline JC

EdinburghCity

Eyemouth JC

Falkirk JC

Galashiels JC

Glenrothes JC

Grangemouth JC

Hawick JC

High Riggs JC

Kirkcaldy JC

Leith JC

Leven JC

Livingston JC

Musselburgh JC

Penicuik JC

St. Andrews

Stirling JC

Westerhailes JC

Glasgow, Lanarkshire & East Dunbartonshire

Airdrie JC

Anniesland JC

Bellshill JC

Bridgeton JC

Cambuslang JC

Castlemilk JC

Cumbernauld JC

Drumchapel JC

East Kilbride JC

Easterhouse JC

Govan JC

Hamilton JC

Kirkintilloch JC

Lanark JC

Langside JC

Laurieston JC

Maryhill JC

Motherwell JC

Newlands JC

Parkhead JC

Partick JC

Rutherglen JC

Shettleston JC

Springburn JC

North of Scotland District

Aberdeen JC

Arbroath JC

Banff JC

Blairgowrie JC

Buckie JC

Dingwall JC

Dundee City JC

Elgin JC

Forfar JC

Forres JC

Fort William JC

Fraserburgh JC

Invergordon JC

Inverness JC

Kirkwall JC

Lerwick JC

Montrose JC

Perth JC

Peterhead JC

Portree JC

Stornoway JC

Wick JC

West of Scotland District

Alexandria JC

Annan JC

Ayr JC

Barrhead JC

Campbeltown JC

Clydebank JC

Cumnock JC

Dumbarton JC

Dumfries JC

Dunoon JC

Girvan JC

Greenock JC

Helensburgh JC

Irvine JC

Johnstone JC

Kilbirnie JC

Kilmarnock JC

Oban JC

Paisley JC

Port Glasgow JC

Renfrew JC

Rothesay JC

Saltcoats JC

Stranraer JC

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