Question follow-through · 78358

Employment: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are per (a) capita and (b) Universal Credit claimant in (i) England and (ii) each region.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are per (a) capita and (b) Universal Credit claimant in (i) England and (ii) each region.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The requested work coach data for England has been provided at district level. Pure English regional data is unavailable as some English regions are combined with Scotland and Wales for Universal Credit administration purposes. Information on numbers of U...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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