HC Deb 19 December 2002 vol 396 cc1024-5W
Mr. Caton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in what circumstances names and addresses of employers advertising in jobcentres are withheld; and why. [87456]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

Names and addresses of employers advertising in jobcentres are withheld from members of the public responding to the advertised vacancies in two circumstanceswhere a job is advertised to work in a private household and the householder has requested that their home address is not immediately disclosed for reasons of safety and privacy, and; where a job is notified by an employment agency acting on behalf of, or contracted to supply workers to, a third party employer. This is to ensure that jobseekers do not go directly to the end employer who has specifically commissioned the agency to act on their behalf.