HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 cc807-9W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of Lewisham's work force were employed in jobs in central London for each year from 1975.

Miss Widdecombe

This information is only available from the special workplace statistics from the census of population. The 1981 census of population shows that 73 per cent. of the economically active residents in the London borough of Lewisham had their workplace within the Inner London boroughs, including Lewisham. Data from the 1991 census of population are not yet available.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for six-monthly periods from January 1979 to date how many of the vacancies notified to jobcentres in the United Kingdom were(a) full time and part time and (b) permanent and temporary.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility 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. Tony Lloyd, dated 20 January 1994:

The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres since 1979.

The Employment Servcie (ES) collects information for Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom. I enclose tables showing

  1. (a) part time and full time vacancies, and
  2. (b) temporary and permanent vacancies

notified to Jobcentres in Great Britain from April 1986.

There are differences in the six monthly periods used to compile the two tables. This is because until March 1992 the data was compiled at the end of alternative quarters.

Prior to 1986 the figures for vacancies notified to Jobcentres were collected manually. To obtain this information would require direct approaches to my local offices. Given the size of the ES network this would incur disproportionate costs.

I hope this is helpful.

Details of part-time and full-time vacancies
Date Part-time vacancies Full time vacancies
April—June 1986 187,058 423,706
July—December 1986 403,005 947,479
January—June 1987 349,218 832,774
July—December 1987 401,764 1,005,099
January—June 1988 348,598 883,485
July—December 1988 392,548 1,024,335
January—June 1989 336,320 864,697
July—December 1989 401,504 1,027,841
January—June 1990 328,216 809,571
July—December 1990 351,608 807,837
January—June 1991 325,348 593,159
July 1991—March 19921 456,191 924,557
April—September 1992 323,651 695,470
October 1992—March 1993 305,278 592,673
April—September 1993 371,027 794,856
1 In March 1992 the system of collection of information was changed bringing the accounting periods into line.

Details of permanent and temporary vacancies
Date Permanent vacancies Temporary vacancies
April—September 1986 836,250 471,085
October 1986—March 1987 790,519 388,473
April—September 1987 970,193 437,786
October 1987—March 1988 852,430 357,497
April—September 1988 1,088,605 372,541
October 1988—March 1989 950,838 289,433
April—September 1989 11,028,703 1409,877
October 1989—March 1990 1878,333 1331,594
April—September 1990 989,679 258,667
October 1990—March 1991 713,730 237,365
April—September 1991 828,290 263,010
October 1991—March 1992 694,625 218,167
April—September 1992 821,263 197,858
October 1992—March 1993 712,847 185,104
April—September 1993 913,127 252,756
1 Estimated.