Jobcentres: Coronavirus

(asked on 30th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) suspected and (b) confirmed cases of covid-19 have been reported among security guards working in job centres in each month since June 2020.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 9th October 2020

Table 1 provides a breakdown of the suspected and confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported by G4S for their security officers, with the respective jobcentre between 1 June 2020 and 30 September 2020.

There were six confirmed cases and 40 suspected cases (46 in total) recorded for the specified timeframe (indicated in Table 2) across England, Scotland and Wales.

Any confirmed cases in a DWP office are dealt with by appropriate level of cleaning, up to a deep clean, regardless of whether this is as a result of a member of staff testing positive, or a contractor, agency worker or customer.

Table 1 – Reported suspected and confirmed Covid-19 cases by G4S for their security officers by jobcentre from June 2020. Please note G4S are a contracted supplier to the Department, these are not DWP staff.

DATE

SITE

STATUS

01/06/2020

DWP LONDON KINGS CROSS

SUSPECTED

02/06/2020

DWP BLACKWOOD VISION HOUSE

CONFIRMED

08/06/2020

DWP NORTHAMPTON FRANCES HOUSE

SUSPECTED

10/06/2020

DWP FAREHAM NEW CIVIC CENTRE

SUSPECTED

15/06/2020

DWP BELPER KING STREET

SUSPECTED

19/06/2020

DWP LEICESTER CHARLES STREET

SUSPECTED

22/06/2020

DWP SLOUGH UPTON LODGE

SUSPECTED

22/06/2020

DWP ACCRINGTON OAKBANK HOUSE

SUSPECTED

26/06/2020

DWP DIDCOT THE BROADWAY

SUSPECTED

06/07/2020

DWP LONDON POPLAR DODD STREET

SUSPECTED

22/07/2020

DWP HULL BRITANNIA HOUSE

SUSPECTED

30/07/2020

DWP CRAWLEY GRESHAM HOUSE

SUSPECTED

31/07/2020

DWP BRADFORD LEEDS ROAD

SUSPECTED

09/08/2020

DWP DERBY HOLBORN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

11/08/2020

DWP BARNSLEY COOPER HOUSE

SUSPECTED

17/08/2020

DWP BEDFORD WYVERN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

20/08/2020

DWP BLYTH BRIDGE HOUSE

SUSPECTED

21/08/2020

DWP TONBRIDGE BRADFORD STREET

SUSPECTED

24/08/2020

DWP DEREHAM ELIZABETH HOUSE

SUSPECTED

26/08/2020

DWP LEEDS SOUTHERN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

01/09/2020

DWP HEMSWORTH LOW HALL

CONFIRMED

02/09/2020

DWP CUMBERNAULD SOUTH MUIRHEAD

SUSPECTED

04/09/2020

DWP GLASGOW BENALDER STREET

SUSPECTED

08/09/2020

DWP CHESTER LE STREET STATION RD

SUSPECTED

09/09/2020

DWP WORCESTER VINE HOUSE

SUSPECTED

10/09/2020

DWP SOUTHEND TYLERS HOUSE

SUSPECTED

14/09/2020

DWP READING ADELPHI HOUSE

SUSPECTED

15/09/2020

DWP DONCASTER CROSSGATE HOUSE

SUSPECTED

16/09/2020

DWP ROTHERHAM CHANTRY HOUSE

SUSPECTED

16/09/2020

DWP PLYMOUTH OLD TREE COURT

SUSPECTED

17/09/2020

DWP HONITON HIGH STREET

SUSPECTED

17/09/2020

DWP SOLIHULL NEW ROAD

SUSPECTED

20/09/2020

DWP BLACKBURN ORCHARD HOUSE

CONFIRMED

20/09/2020

DWP HALIFAX CROSSFIELD HOUSE

SUSPECTED

21/09/2020

DWP NOTTINGHAM PEARSON BUILDINGS

SUSPECTED

22/09/2020

DWP BEVERLEY CROSSKILL HOUSE

SUSPECTED

24/09/2020

DWP BIRMINGHAM SOHO ROAD

CONFIRMED

24/09/2020

DWP ESTON HADRIAN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

24/09/2020

DWP ESTON HADRIAN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

24/09/2020

DWP ESTON HADRIAN HOUSE

SUSPECTED

25/09/2020

DWP BLAYDON ST CUTHBERTS WAY

SUSPECTED

26/09/2020

DWP LETCHWORTH PEOPLES HOUSE

SUSPECTED

28/09/2020

DWP BIRMINGHAM YARDLEY

SUSPECTED

28/09/2020

DWP ESTON HADRIAN HOUSE

CONFIRMED

29/09/2020

DWP GLASGOW SHETTLESTON ROAD

CONFIRMED

29/09/2020

DWP GLASGOW SHETTLESTON ROAD

SUSPECTED

Table 2 – Number of suspected and confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported by G4S for their security officers working in jobcentres across England, Scotland and Wales.

MONTH

TOTAL CASES REPORTED

SUSPECTED CASE

CONFIRMED CASE

JUNE

9

8

1

JULY

4

4

0

AUGUST

7

7

0

SEPTEMBER

26

21

5

TOTALS

46

40

6

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