§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the current number of unfilled vacancies in the jobcentres in the Doncaster area; and what was the figure(a) five years and (b) 10 years ago;
(2) how many vacancies were listed in the Doncaster area jobcentres during (a) December, (b) January, (c) February and (d) at the latest date for which he has figures available; and if he will make a statement as to the nature of these vacancies.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for the subject of the questions 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. Martin Redmond, dated 14 March 1994:
57WThe Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about vacancies in Jobcentres in the Doncaster area.There are six Jobcentres in the Doncaster travel to work area, five in Doncaster and one in Thorne. The Doncaster Jobcentres have one central vacancy taking point.Information about the current number of unfilled vacancies and the number five and ten years ago is shown in Table 1 attached.The number of vacancies notified in the statistical period 6 December 1993 to 7 January 1994 is shown in Table 2. Information from 8 January is not yet available.Information about the nature of vacancies is collected on a quarterly basis. During the period covered by your question the information was collected on 7 January and is shown on Table 3.I hope this is helpful.
Table 1 Unfilled vacancies Doncaster jobcentres Thorne job-centre 7 January 1994 384 67 6 January 1989 338 42 6 January 1984 166 20
Table 2 Vacancies notified 6 December 1993 to 7 January 1994 Doncaster jobcentres 316 Thorne jobcentre 60 Total 376
Vacancies notified 11 October 1993 to 7 January 1994 Doncaster Jobcentres Thorne Job-centre Permanent full-time 568 172 Permanent part-time 417 60 Temporary full-time 168 2 Temporary part-time 76 0 Total 1,229 234