To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many job vacancies were advertised on the Civil Service Online service in the last 12 months; and how many such vacancies were advertised on the (a) public and (b) internal part of that site. (318123)

Government Departments and executive agencies have delegated responsibility for recruitment advertising. Departments and agencies determine whether a vacancy should be advertised internally within the civil service or externally.

During the period 22 February 2009 and 21 February 2010 a total of 15,482 vacancies have been advertised on the Civil Service Online service, of which 9,860 vacancies have been advertised to the public and 5,622 have been advertised internally on the site.