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Unemployment and Vacancies

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99422

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 5th December 2025 to Question 94817, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) duplicate listings and (b) placeholder vacancies on commercial job platforms on the accuracy

Answered by Josh Simons

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th of December is attached.

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