Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Monday, 24 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 March 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alison McGovern (Labour) on Thursday, 27 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Social Security Benefits and Vacancies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the most recent data on the number of (a) unemployed benefit claimants and (b) job vacancies by Jobcentre.

Answer

A) Claimant count data for the UK is published and available at: Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics.

Data on the number of people claiming out of work benefits is published and available at: Stat-Xplore - Home.

B) There are no published statistics on job vacancies by job centre. However, the number of online job adverts by local authorities can be found here: Labour demand volumes by Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020), UK - Office for National Statistics

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