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Vacancies

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 96016

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of job vacancies in key professions within his Department’s responsibilities, including contractor organisations.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The independent Office for National Statistics publish monthly estimates of online job adverts by occupation Labour demand volumes by Standard Occupation Classification (SOC 2020), UK - Office for National Statistics and vacancies across each industrial sector VACS02: Vacancies by industry - Office for National Statistics.

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