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Job Vacancies

Volume 228: debated on Monday 12 July 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many of the vacancies notified in each of the last six months to jobcentres (a) in the United Kingdom and (6) in Wales were full-time and how many were part-time;(2) what is the minimum number of hours involved in a job which qualifies to be registered as a vacancy at a jobcentre;

Numbers of full-time and part-time vacancies notified to jobcentres
Quarter
5 October 1992 to 8 January 199311 January 1993 to 2 April 19935 April 1993 to 2 July 1993
Great Britain
Number of full-time vacancies notified291,814300,859362,263
Number of part-time vacancies notified2156,237149,041171,469
Wales1
Number of full-time vacancies notified17,52717,86022,830
Number of part-time vacancies notified212,96911,63713,831
Numbers of permanent and temporary vacancies notified to jobcentres
Quarter
5 October 1992 to 8 January 199311 January 1993 to 2 April 19935 April 1993 to 2 July 1993
Great Britain
Number of permanent vacancies notified344,723368,124422,656
Number of temporary vacancies notified3103,32881,776111,076
Wales1
Number of permanent vacancies notified20,41922,00026,532
Number of temporary vacancies notified310,0777,49710,129
1 Figures for Wales are included in the figures for Great Britain
2 Part-time=under 30 hours work per week.
3 Temporary=work lasting six months or less.

(3) how many of the vacancies notified in each of the last six months (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in Wales were temporary and how many were permanent.

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 J. Turner to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 12 July 1993:

As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, it is the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the Agency's Chief Executive to answer Parliamentary Questions about relevant operational matters. In his absence, I am replying to your questions to the Secretary of State about vacancies notified to Jobcentres in the United Kingdom and Wales.
The total number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres is collated monthly. Detailed full-time, part-time and temporary vacancy information is available on a quarterly basis. It is collected from offices throughout Great Britain, not the United Kingdom.
The tables attached show the information you requested for the past three quarters for Great Britain and Wales. You also asked what is the minimum number of hours involved in a job which qualifies to be registered as a vacancy at a Jobcentre. We do not place any such restrictions before displaying vacancies.
I hope this is helpful.
As decided by the Administration Committee to the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.