Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers were employed in his Department in each year since 2009.
The number of Disability Employment Advisers that were employed in the Department for Work and Pensions since 2009
2009/2010 | 488 |
2010/2011 | 523 |
2011/2012 | 526 |
2012/2013 | 517 |
2013/2014 | 583 |
2014/2015 | 312 |
2015/2016 | 212 |
2016/2017 (as at September 2016) | 308 |
From 2015 onwards many Disability Employment Advisors became Work Coaches as part of the new delivery model and as the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance reduced. Up to 300 more Disability Employment Advisors are currently being recruited, taking the total to over 500, to work alongside Work Coaches.