Jobcentre Plus Closures

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 27 Mawrth 2017.

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Photo of Heidi Alexander Heidi Alexander Llafur, Lewisham East 12:00, 27 Mawrth 2017

Nearly a quarter of the jobcentres earmarked for closure are in London, and, as the Minister will know, both the disability and the black and minority-ethnic unemployment rates are higher in the capital than elsewhere. Is the reason for the delay in the equality impact assessment the fact that it will show a disproportionate impact on the groups that typically need the most support to gain access to employment?