HC Deb 16 May 1984 vol 60 cc197-8W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been filled by the Professional and Executive Register in each of the past five years; at what cost per job; and how many vacancies were notified to the register in each of those years.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information requested for each of the past five years ended 31 March, is as follows:

Year Total placings into employment* Net cost per placing† £ Total orders notified‡
1979–80 6,696 514.23 16,878
1980–81 4,938 1,134.96 14,943
1981–82 7,088 690.52 17,950
1982–83 7,717 548.33 17,448
1983–84 13,838 nil 22,159

*Includes placings onto the community programme and the former community enterprise programme.

†The net cost per job for 1979–80 to 1982–83 has been calculated by dividing the social subvention to Professional and Executive Recruitment net of any profit or less on commercial activities, by the total number of placings into employment. From 1 April 1983, Professional and Executive Recruitment has been operating on a self-financing basis and the preliminary (unaudited) costs of providing the service in 1983–84 have all been recovered from the fees charged for services provided.

‡Some orders are for more than one vacancy, but records of the number of vacancies relating to the orders notified to the service are not kept.