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<p>The Government Estate Strategy sets out an ambition to rebalance the economy, creating
regional growth and locating jobs outside of London. This, along with the considerable
increases in rental costs in London, and the commercial challenges in retaining property
of any size, means that the Department’s strategy is to gradually migrate processing
work out of London. While there will be no impact to public facing Jobcentre services,
it does mean that a number of central London processing sites will close by 2023.</p><p>
</p><p>As we look to close these offices, we will redistribute the work to other processing
hubs across the UK and, wherever possible, seek to redeploy London based staff to
other areas of DWP or other Government Departments. We will not be in a position to
assess the net impact on jobs until this activity has completed.</p><p> </p><p>Finally,
despite these closures, the Department will continue to be a significant employer
in London.</p><p> </p>
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