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.
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 |