Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre Plus
Executive Agency overview
Formed2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Preceding Executive Agency
  • Employment service
Dissolved4 October 2011
Superseding Executive Agency
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLeeds, United Kingdom
Minister responsible
Parent departmentDepartment for Work and Pensions
Websitehttp://gov.uk
A Jobcentre Plus in Cambridge, England

Jobcentre Plus (Welsh: Canolfan byd Gwaith; Scottish Gaelic: Ionad Obrach is Eile) is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom.[1]

From 2002 to 2011, Jobcentre Plus was an executive agency which reported directly to the Minister of State for Employment. It was formed by the amalgamation of two agencies, the Employment Service, which operated Jobcentres, and the Benefits Agency, which ran social security offices.

  1. ^ "Government announces organisational changes to Jobcentre Plus and the Pension, Disability and Carers Service". Department for Work and Pensions. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.