Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number of vacancies and (b) level of skill shortages in (i) aeronautical, (ii) chemical, (iii) civil, (iv) computer, (v) electrical and (vi) mechanical engineering.

The Employer Skills Survey (ESS) run by the department captures vacancies, skills gaps, and skill-shortage vacancies. In its current format, the ESS is not able to provide representative data for this granular level of sector.