§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a table showing the number of vacancies in jobcentres that were(a) temporary and (b) permanent in each quarter from April 1987 in each region.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Alan Milburn, dated 26 July 1993:
As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to him asking about the number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres since April 1987. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.Providing historical vacancy information from 1987 will take some time to collate. I will write to you shortly with the complete information you requested.689WIn the meantime, I enclose a table showing the information you requested for the past three quarters.I hope this is helpful.As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written
Details of permanent and temporary vacancies notified in the last three quarters Region 5 October 1992 to 8 January 1993 11 January 1993 to 2 April 1993 5 April 1993 to 2 July 1993 Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified West Midlands 28,113 6,421 30,816 4,781 34,234 7,003 East Midlands 33,762 10,402 35,206 7,720 40,484 12,212 London 43,171 12,900 43,422 10,541 48,655 11,782 South East 53,624 13,971 57,171 10,789 66,118 13,641 Scotland 44,669 14,212 48,053 11,961 53,278 14,781 Wales 20,419 10,077 22,000 7,497 26,532 10,129 North West 51,670 18,115 53,792 13,674 64,203 19,902 South West 26,009 6,915 31,449 6,397 36,680 10,304 Yorkshire and Humberside 27,666 5,555 29,782 4,785 34,516 6,878 Northern 15,620 4,760 16,433 3,631 17,956 4,444 Total 344,723 103,328 368,124 81,776 422,656 111,076