§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the number of notified job vacancies at Chelmsford Jobcentre for each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. [56551]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithResponsibility 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 Richard Foster to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 28 October 1998:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question in which you asked for information about the numbers of notified job vacancies at Chelmsford Jobcentre for each of the last 12 months. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to Leigh Lewis as Chief Executive of the Employment Service. I am replying in his absence.Vacancies notified to this Jobcentre were as follows:
- October 1997: 587
- November 1997: 782
- December 1997: 584
- January 1998: 248
- February 1998: 591
- March 1998: 549
- April 1998: 483
- May 1998: 505
- June 1998: 540
- July 1998: 871
- August 1998: 738
- September 1998: 791
- I hope this is helpful.