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Source: hansard.parliament.uk (2025-11-25)

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Helen Whately:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there were in each English district in each month since July 2024. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The tables below provide Work Coach data by English District from July 24 to August 25.

DISTRICT

Jul-24

Aug-24

Sep-24

Oct-24

Nov-24

Avon Somerset & Gloucester

390

400

390

400

400

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

340

350

360

380

380

Berkshire Bucks & Oxford

420

420

440

470

460

Birmingham & Solihull

690

700

700

690

690

Black Country

530

530

520

520

510

Cheshire

160

160

160

160

160

Cumbria & Lancashire

540

540

550

540

540

Default DWP National

30

20

20

30

20

Devon & Cornwall

320

340

340

350

360

Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire & Iow

660

680

690

690

690

Durham & Tees Valley

370

370

370

370

360

East Anglia

520

510

510

520

530

East London

780

790

830

870

870

Essex

390

390

400

400

400

Greater Manchester

980

980

990

1,010

1,030

Kent

440

450

450

440

430

Leicestershire & Northamptonshire

420

410

410

410

430

Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Rutland

550

540

540

540

530

Mercia

520

510

500

490

480

Merseyside

480

470

480

470

480

North East Yorkshire & The Humber

370

370

380

380

380

North London

700

690

620

630

630

Northumberland Tyne & Wear

460

450

450

440

440

South London

840

850

970

1,010

990

South Yorkshire

400

400

400

390

390

Staffordshire And Derbyshire

520

520

510

510

500

Surrey & Sussex

510

500

480

490

500

West London

660

660

680

710

710

West Yorkshire

780

790

800

810

810

Grand Total

14,740

14,800

14,940

15,120

15,110

DISTRICT

Dec-24

Jan-25

Feb-25

Mar-25

Apr-25

Avon Somerset & Gloucester

390

410

430

420

420

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

370

380

390

390

400

Berkshire Bucks & Oxford

350

350

480

470

470

Birmingham & Solihull

570

560

710

700

700

Black Country

470

470

520

520

520

Cheshire

160

150

160

160

150

Cumbria & Lancashire

510

510

520

520

520

Default DWP National

1,500

1,500

20

30

20

Devon & Cornwall

350

350

360

360

350

Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire & Iow

650

670

710

710

720

Durham & Tees Valley

350

350

350

350

350

East Anglia

420

420

540

530

540

East London

750

760

890

850

860

Essex

370

370

410

410

410

Greater Manchester

970

970

1,020

1,030

1,000

Kent

400

400

440

440

440

Leicestershire & Northamptonshire

390

390

440

440

440

Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Rutland

490

500

530

530

520

Mercia

450

450

480

470

470

Merseyside

390

390

460

450

440

North East Yorkshire & The Humber

370

370

390

390

380

North London

550

560

640

620

640

Northumberland Tyne & Wear

430

420

400

400

400

South London

900

920

1,050

1,060

1,060

South Yorkshire

370

370

380

390

380

Staffordshire And Derbyshire

440

430

520

520

510

Surrey & Sussex

380

380

500

510

510

West London

660

660

710

710

720

West Yorkshire

770

770

800

800

790

Grand Total

15,150

15,200

15,230

15,170

15,130

DISTRICT

May-25

Jun-25

Jul-25

Aug-25

Avon Somerset & Gloucester

410

410

410

400

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

400

400

390

400

Berkshire Bucks & Oxford

470

470

480

480

Birmingham & Solihull

710

700

710

710

Black Country

510

510

500

510

Cheshire

150

150

150

150

Cumbria & Lancashire

520

510

520

520

Default DWP National

10

20

40

10

Devon & Cornwall

360

350

340

340

Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire & Iow

700

690

680

670

Durham & Tees Valley

350

340

330

330

East Anglia

530

520

520

520

East London

870

880

880

870

Essex

410

400

400

400

Greater Manchester

1,000

980

1,000

980

Kent

430

430

430

420

Leicestershire & Northamptonshire

450

440

440

430

Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire & Rutland

520

510

510

500

Mercia

480

480

490

490

Merseyside

440

440

440

450

North East Yorkshire & The Humber

380

370

370

370

North London

640

640

640

630

Northumberland Tyne & Wear

400

400

390

380

South London

1,050

1,030

1,010

970

South Yorkshire

380

370

370

370

Staffordshire And Derbyshire

510

510

500

490

Surrey & Sussex

510

510

510

500

West London

760

790

790

770

West Yorkshire

780

770

760

760

Grand Total

15,150

15,030

14,980

14,800

The table below provides Work Coach data by English District for September and October 25.

DISTRICT

Sep-25

Oct-25

Avon, Somerset & Gloucestershire

400

390

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire

390

370

Birmingham & Solihull

710

690

Black Country & Coventry

620

600

Cheshire & Lancashire

580

570

Cumbria & Tees

300

290

Default DWP National

20

20

Devon & Cornwall

340

330

Dorset Wiltshire Hampshire & Isle Of Wight

660

640

East London

860

880

East Midlands

550

540

Essex

400

390

Greater Manchester

960

960

Hertfordshire

210

210

Kent

420

420

Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire & Rutland

440

440

Merseyside

450

460

Norfolk & Suffolk

320

320

North & Mid Wales And The Marches

130

130

North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

520

520

North London

640

650

Northumberland, Durham, Tyne & Wear

500

500

South London

900

880

South Midlands

450

440

South Yorkshire

380

370

Surrey & Sussex

500

490

The Shires

500

490

West London

850

830

West Yorkshire

760

750

Grand Total

14,750

14,600

Notes: