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Written question asked by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Vacancies: Chelmsford

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job vacancies were notified to Chelmsford Jobcentre Plus in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
Answer

[holding answer 9 November 2009]: The following table shows the number of notified vacancies at the Chelmsford Jobcentre in the six months from April 2009 to September 2009 inclusive. The information covers both the number of live unfilled vacancies, and the number of notified vacancies:

Jobcentre Plus Chelmsford
Live unfilled vacancies Notified vacancies
April 2009 629 772
May 2009 667 891
June 2009 757 951
July 2009 861 967
August 2009 733 1,128
September 2009 774 894
Note:
1. This information is available in the public domain at:
www.nomisweb.co.uk
2. Data are unrounded.
3. Changes to Jobcentre Plus vacancy handling procedures have led to a major discontinuity in the vacancy statistics pre and post May 2006. Consequently, care should be taken in interpreting time-series data.
4. 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 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.
5. Notified vacancies—uses monthly data on the inflow of newly notified vacancies to Jobcentre Plus.
6. 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.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus Labour Market figures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c581-2W; 298791
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Vacancies Chelmsford
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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