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Written question asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 June 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 June 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Vacancies: Jobcentre Plus

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs have been advertised at the job centre in Milton Keynes in each of the last 12 months.
Answer

The information is in the following table.

Number of vacancies in Milton Keynes Jobcentre
Notified vacancies Live unfilled vacancies
June 2008 1,314 1,452
July 2008 1,181 955
August 2008 1,426 948
September 2008 1,268 1,009
October 2008 2,236 1,618
November 2008 1,597 1,653
December 2008 906 788
January 2009 493 470
February 2009 1,122 666
March 2009 782 704
April 2009 795 569
May 2009 1,373 934
Notes:
1. Data are unrounded.
2. Care should be taken in interpreting time-series data; changes to Jobcentre Plus vacancy handling procedures have led to a major discontinuity in the vacancy statistics pre and post May 2006.
3. These are not whole economy figures. Coverage relates just to vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus and as such represent a market share of vacancies throughout the whole economy. This proportion varies over time according to the occupation of the vacancy and industry of the employer and by the local area. Comprehensive estimates of all job vacancies (not just those notified to Jobcentre Plus) are available from the monthly ONS Vacancy Survey since April 2001, based on a sample of some 6,000 enterprises. However the ONS survey is currently designed to provide national estimates only.
4. Notified vacancies: monthly data on the inflow of newly notified vacancies to Jobcentre Plus.
5. The stocks of live unfilled vacancies reflect more accurately job opportunities available via Jobcentre Plus. In the case of unfilled vacancies, use of the figures on live vacancies is recommended (i.e. excluding suspended vacancies) and this is the default option. Live vacancies may still include some vacancies which have already been filled or are otherwise no longer open to recruits, due to natural lags in procedures for following up vacancies with employers.
6. These figures are published at:
www.nomisweb.co.uk.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus Labour Market System.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
494 c818W; 281575
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Vacancies Milton Keynes
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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