Jobcentres (Hansard, 16 February 1994)

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the number of job vacancies referred to jobcentres by employers.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
On the seasonally adjusted basis there were 196,000 vacancies notified to United Kingdom jobcentres in January 1994. In the United Kingdom jobcentre vacancies account for about a third of the total.
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§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the number of vacancies referred to jobcentres which are filled within(a) a day, (b) a week, (c) a month and (d) three months; and what significant regional variations there are in these average figures.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
The information requested is not available.

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the proportion of vacancies at any one point in time held by jobcentres.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
It is estimated that nationally Jobcentre vacancies represent about one third of all unfilled vacancies.