Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many computers each jobcentre in (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West has available for recipients of universal credit to access benefits online.

Priti Patel

The number of computers available in jobcentres for recipients to access benefits online are as follows:

Burnley 6

Lancashire 191

North West 474

In addition, claimants who do not have their own internet access can be signposted to local services such as libraries or local authority facilities.