Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 14 March 2013.
Anne McIntosh
Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the most recent job vacancy figures for Thirsk, Malton and Filey are.
Mark Hoban
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
In the three months to November 2012, the most recent period for which data are currently available, in Thirsk and Malton Constituency employers reported over 1,800 new vacancies to Jobcentre Plus (JCP). Not all vacancies in the area would have been recorded on the JCP system, as some will be advertised through other recruitment methods or through word of mouth. In addition, some jobseekers in the constituency will be looking at vacancies outside the immediate area.
A new service, Universal Jobmatch (UJ), has now replaced the previous system through which employers reported vacancies to Jobcentre Plus. It is still a new system and while some statistics on vacancies available through UJ are published via the Directgov website:
More detailed breakdowns, including by parliamentary constituency area, are not yet available. The intention is to have a broadly similar set of data available to that under the previous Jobcentre Plus vacancy system and we are working towards this.
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