Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 16
36th Report - Jobcentres
Published 2 Jul 2025
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Jobcentres All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Department is examining whether some of the measures in the local flexibility framework could be made permanent to help manage demand pressures without adversely affecting outcomes for claimants.34 We asked the Department what measures could be made permanent and when. It said it would see what the impact of putting the measures in place is, it could then take a view about whether it wants to keep them in future.35 34 C&AG’s Report, para 2.21, Q 19 35 Q 24 13 2 Jobcentre performance The lack of public data on local jobcentre performance
From: Public Accounts Committee, 36th Report - Jobcentres (HC 823), 2 July 2025
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 4 June 2026 (deadline 2 September 2025).