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Written question asked by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 September 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 September 2026. It was answered by Baroness Sherlock (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Unemployment

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Intensive Work Search claimants are allocated to each Jobcentre Plus.

Answer

Universal Credit statistics uses the term ‘conditionality regime’ in place of conditionality groups and labour market regime. The intensive work search group is part of the labour market regime.

The latest available information on the number of people on Universal Credit by conditionality regime and Jobcentre Plus office is published and can be found in the ‘People on Universal Credit’ dataset on Stat-Xplore. The extracted statistics for May 2026 are shown in the attachment below.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3060
Session
2026-27
Attachment
Jobcentre Plus by Month and Conditionality Regime
Subjects
Jobcentres Unemployment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk