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 March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the average number of job vacancies in Eastbourne constituency was in each of the last 12 months. (267282)
The Office for National Statistics estimates the number of vacancies from the Vacancy Survey, however 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 Eastbourne parliamentary constituency for each month from March 2008 to February 2009. 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 Eastbourne Great Britain 2008 March 440 398,000 April 490 385,000 May 527 378,000 June 677 387,000 July 416 353,000 August 518 348,000 September 552 374,000 October 536 383,000 November 514 343,000 December 491 271,000 2009 January 399 194,000 February 292 239,000 1 Job Vacancies for Eastbourne and Great Britain are live unfilled vacancies from the Jobcentre Plus administrative data. These are inconsistent with the UK figures from the ONS Vacancy Survey. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative Data.
UK January to March 2008 687,000 February to April 2008 682,000 March to May 2008 670,000 April to June 2008 649,000 May to July 2008 629,000 June to August 2008 611,000 July to September 2008 599,000 August to October 2008 581,000 September to November 2008 556,000 October to December 2008 531,000 November 2008 to January 2009 506,000 December 2008 to February 2009 482,000 Source: Vacancy Survey, ONS.