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Vacancies

Commons · Question 3265 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the decline in job vacancies to the lowest level in five years; which regions and sectors have experienced the largest falls in vacancies over the last 12 months; and whet

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 8 Jun 2026

The independent Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes vacancies over time by sector which can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02 The ONS official statisti...