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Social Security Benefits and Vacancies

Asked by Louise HaighLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 March 2025UIN 40489

The 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.

Answered by Alison McGovern

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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