Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of vacancies in the West Midlands for (a) permanent and (b) temporary positions.

The Department for Work and Pensions provides a service to offer vacancies which are available on Gov.uk (‘Find a Job’). Current data sourced from this website in respect of vacancies for the West Midlands is below:

Total Jobs – 19,465

Permanent – 10,570

Contract – 8,361

The above data was obtained from Find a Job on 9^th October 2018.

(Note: vacancies showing as live on ‘Find a Job’ may have now passed their closing date.)

There are many other job search sites available advertising vacancies, such as indeed.co.uk and reed.co.uk. Vacancies which appear on other sites may or may not appear on ‘Find a Job’; as such the numbers quoted above will not accurately reflect the total job market.