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Change description : 2025-04-14 16:11:00: Updated information to show 2 sites have been decommissioned:- Coventry, 9 March 2022 (Site decommissioned on 17 November 2023), MSU D First Floor, West Orchards Shopping Centre, Smithford Way, Coventry CV1 1QL – Keighley, 08 December 2021 (Site decommissioned on 28 February 2025), Unit 1 Hanover House, 49 Low Street, Keighley BD21 3PP [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Temporary jobcentres

This page lists the locations and opening dates of temporary jobcentres.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Update history

2025-04-14 16:11
Updated information to show 2 sites have been decommissioned:- Coventry, 9 March 2022 (Site decommissioned on 17 November 2023), MSU D First Floor, West Orchards Shopping Centre, Smithford Way, Coventry CV1 1QL – Keighley, 08 December 2021 (Site decommissioned on 28 February 2025), Unit 1 Hanover House, 49 Low Street, Keighley BD21 3PP

2024-12-18 10:01
Added dates the following temporary jobcentres were decommissioned: Birmingham (South, Chatham, Colwyn Bay, Eastbourne, Fareham, Kidderminster,London Royal Albert Dock (Newham),London Woolwich, Solihull. Removed decommissioning date from Coventry, West Orchids Shopping Centre jobcentreas was added in error.

2024-09-06 17:01
Temporary jobcentres list has been updated showing newly decommissioned sites.

2024-08-02 13:31
Updated to include decommissioning of 5 temporary Jobcentre sites

2024-07-18 14:39
Latest Temporary jobcentres that have been decommissioned: Aberdeen, Ayr, Cambridge, Halesowen, Horsham, Lancaster, Leamington Spa, London Ilford (Redbridge), London Peckham (Southwark), Norwich, Peterlee, Sittingbourne, Southport, St Albans, St Helens, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Waltham Cross and York.

2024-05-24 12:04
Information added to show the Blackpool site was decommissioned on 28 February 2024.

2024-05-21 14:51
Updated temporary jobcentres list. JCP offices have been decommissioned in: Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bolton, Leicester, London (Barnet), Redditch, Shrewsbury, Staines-upon-Thames and Warrington.

2024-04-03 12:16
Added dates the following temporary jobcentres were decommissioned: Colchester, Hereford, Luton, Maidstone, Oldham Business Centre, Rochdale, Swansea.

2024-02-20 17:03
Added dates the following temporary jobcentres were decommissioned: Canterbury, Darlington, Glasgow, Hull, Northampton, Wakefield Waterfront.

2024-02-14 15:20
Updated the entry for Wolverhampton. The site is no longer being refurbished and is being retained.

2024-01-26 07:33
Updated to say that the following sites have been decommissioned: Bury (Manchester), Gloucester, Leeds 123 Albion Street, London Ealing, London Uxbridge, Redruth, Worthing, Wrexham.

2023-12-20 11:41
Updated list of temporary JCPs with those that have been decommissioned.

2023-11-27 12:47
Updated list of temporary Jobcentres. The following temporary sites have been decommissioned: Barnsley, Basildon, Bedford, Bexleyheath, Blackburn, Coventry (Coventry Building Society Arena), Dudley, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Harlow, Kingston, London Croydon Borough, London Hammersmith, London Rushey Green (Lewisham), Newport, Sheffield, Southend, Stoke on Trent, Thornaby (Stockton-on-Tees).

2023-11-10 16:20
Updated the list of temporary jobcentres. The following jobcentres have closed: Bracknell, Chelmsford, Derby (Barclays Business Centre), Derby (Derbion Shopping Centre), Exeter, Huddersfield, Kirkcaldy, London Walthamstow, Manchester (Stretford), Ramsgate, Rhyl, Scunthorpe, Southampton, West Bromwich.

2023-11-03 11:59
Updated the list of temporary jobcentres. The following temporary jobcentres have closed: Birmingham, Greenwood Way; Bristol, Victoria Street; Bristol Knowle; Chester, Foregate Street.

2023-10-30 08:24
Updated the list of temporary jobcentres. The following temporary jobcentres have closed: Bellshill, Cardiff, Chichester, Crawley, Folkestone, Hounslow, Liverpool Innovation Park, London Aldgate (Tower Hamlets), London Mitcham, London Wembley, Middlesbrough, Newton Abbot, North Shields, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Swinton.

2023-10-04 14:59
Information added to show London Bromley site was decommissioned on 13 September 2021.

2023-09-11 10:50
Added information to the table of temporary jobcentres: Burton upon Trent (site retained), Leicester (site retained), and Woking (site decommissioned).

2023-07-05 14:55
New detail added to show which sites have been decommissioned in June 2023.

2023-06-21 11:30
Jobcentre at Leeds HEM House, Kirkstall Road, was decommissioned on 19 May 2023.

2023-05-19 14:42
Brighton Jobcentre and Hove Jobcentre moved into site. Liverpool Toxeth Jobcentre and Liverpool Jobcentre (Williamson Square) moved into site.Walsall 2a retained and merged with Unit 2b – Walsall Jobcentre (Bayard House) and moved into site.Wolverhampton site closed for refurbishment work. Once completed, site to be retained and become an established Jobcentre.

2023-04-03 13:10
Added additional information to the table of temporary jobcentres, such as whether a site has been decommissioned.

2022-07-22 12:34
Post codes for Blackburn, Eastbourne and Hounslow Jobcentres updated.

2022-06-14 10:59
Bellshill Jobcentre postcode has been updated. Information at the top of the page has been updated to reflect the fact that all the temporary Jobcentre sites have now been opened or extended.

2022-05-27 11:18
Updated postcode for these temporary JCPs: Aylesbury, Colchester, Halifax, Kingston, London Barnsbury (Islington), London Rushey Green (Lewisham), Newport, Northampton, Plymouth and Reading.

2022-04-22 09:16
Added opening date for Dundee.

2022-04-08 15:38
Added opening dates for jobcentres in Aberdeen and Kettering.

2022-04-08 14:47
Added opening dates for jobcentres in Birmingham South, Brighton, Kirkcaldy, London Woolwich and Sunderland.

2022-04-01 12:11
The following temporary jobcentres opened on 30 March 2022: Blackpool, Chatham, Edinburgh, Hull, Leicester, London Royal Albert Dock (Newham) and Newcastle.

2022-03-29 11:04
Added opening dates for jobcentres in Aylesbury, Colwyn Bay, Eastbourne, Harrow, Hounslow, London Clapham (Lambeth), London Cooks Road (Newham), London Tooting (Streatham) and Nottingham. Corrected the postcode for London Uxbridge jobcentre.

2022-03-18 15:38
Temporary offices in London Edmonton (Enfield) and London Queen’s Park (Brent Wembley) opened on 16 March 2022.

2022-03-11 14:51
Temporary jobcentres at West Orchards Shopping Centre, Coventry and 11-15 North Bridge, Edinburgh opened on 9 March 2022.

2022-03-04 11:49
The temporary jobcentre in Newport opened on 2 March 2022.

2022-03-01 12:25
Temporary jobcentres in Ayr, Bellshill, Chester, Fareham, Solihull and Sutton in Ashfield opened on 23 February 2022. Corrected addresses for temporary jobcentres in Ashford, Banbury, Bedford, Bexleyheath, Birmingham (South), Bolton, Bournemouth, Bracknell, Burnley, Bury (Manchester), Chesterfield, Chichester, Crawley, Darlington, Derby, Dudley, Gateshead, Halifax, Harlow, Hereford, Ipswich, Keighley, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London Aldgate (Tower Hamlets), London Barnet, London Barnsbury (Islington), London Croydon Borough, London Marylebone, London Mitcham, London Uxbridge, London Waltham Forest, London Wandsworth, Manchester (Stretford), Oldham, Peterlee, Ramsgate, Redditch, Redruth, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Southend, Stoke on Trent and Walsall.

2022-02-18 12:30
Added that London Rushey Green jobcentre opened on 16 February 2022.