§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he has any estimate as to the number of jobs currently advertised and unfilled as notified to jobcentres and professional and executive register offices;
(2) whether he will consider detailing the number of known vacancies at the same time as his Department issues the monthly figures for those out of work.
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§ Mr. Alan ClarkA count is made each month of those vacancies notified to Government employment services which remain unfilled on the day of the count. These figures are published on a regional basis in his Department's monthly press notice on unemployment and vacancies which is available in the Library. On 8 March 1985 the number of unfilled vacancies at jobcentres and professional executive recruitment offices in the United Kingdom was 155,559.