[holding answer 4 February 2009]: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many job vacancies there are in East Riding of Yorkshire. (254291)
The Office for National Statistics estimates the number of vacancies from the Vacancy Survey, but estimates below UK are not available from this source.
An alternative source of information on job vacancies is administrative data from Jobcentre Plus. This data only includes job vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus and consequently is inconsistent with the UK estimates from the Vacancy Survey; however geographical breakdowns of this data are available.
Table 1 attached, shows the number of live unfilled job vacancies held by Jobcentre Plus for the East Riding of Yorkshire in December 2008. Figures from Jobcentre Plus for Great Britain, along with three month averages for the UK from the Vacancy Survey have also been included for comparison.
Not seasonally adjusted East Riding of Yorkshire Great Britain December 2008 650 271,011 1 Job vacancies for East Riding of Yorkshire and Great Britain are live unfilled vacancies from the Jobcentre Plus administrative data. These are not consistent with the UK estimate of total vacancies, from the ONS Vacancy Survey. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative Data
Seasonally adjusted—UK September to November 2008 562,000 Source: Vacancy Survey, ONS