§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies were notified to employment offices and jobcentres in each of the past 10 years; and if he will publish a table showing (i) the actual number, (ii) the percentage of the total and (iii) the split between part-time and full-time.
Mr. JacksonFollowing is the available information.
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- (i) The table shows the total number of vacancies in the United Kingdom, on the seasonally adjusted basis, notified to jobcentres for each year from 1981 to 1990.
- (ii) Vacancies notified to jobcentres do not represent the total number of vacancies in the economy. The latest research indicates that nationally only about a third of all vacancies are notified to jobcentres.
- (iii) Information on the number of vacancies notified to jobcentres split between part-time and full-time is only available for Great Britain, and on the unadjusted basis, from July 1986 onwards. The table shows the number of vacancies notified to jobcentres in Great Britain for each year from 1987 to 1990 and the split between full-time and part-time jobs.
(i) Vacancies notified to jobcentres in the United Kingdom (seasonally adjusted annual total) Year Vacancies 1981 1,799,300 1982 1,989,500 1983 2,180,300 1984 2,327,000 1985 2,419,400 1986 2,546,300 1987 2,716,700 1988 2,773,900 1989 2,712,500 1990 2,413,300
(iii) Vacancies notified to jobcentres in Great Britain (unadjusted annual total) Year Vacancies Of which full-time vacancies Of which part-time vacancies 1987 2,668,597 2,033,699 634,898 1988 2,725,832 2,035,023 690,809 1989 2,702,549 1,949,953 752,596 1990 2,372,129 1,667,182 704,947