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Vacancies

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 60194

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of job vacancies there are in each constituency.

Answered by Alison McGovern

There are no published statistics on the number of job vacancies by constituency. 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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