Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97238
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department’s current forecast is for its staffing requirements in benefit processing centres for the next financial year.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department continually impacts and assesses the service being offered to customers. Staff numbers are reviewed on an ongoing basis, in line with the latest economic and benefit forecasts.