Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there are in England (a) in total and (b) by region.

Regional figures on the number of job vacancies are not published by the ONS.

ONS data shows that there are 1.25 million job vacancies in the UK in Jul-Sep 2022. This number has been falling for three consecutive quarters from a record high of 1.3 million.

The ONS publishes a weekly index of regional online job adverts, which give us an idea of regional trends in vacancies. As we can see from the data below, online job adverts have fallen in every English region since last year, meaning we are successfully filling vacancies in the labour market and getting people into work.

Change on the year in Online Job Adverts by Region

England: -19.5%

North East: -27.5%

North West: -16.9%

Yorkshire & the Humber: -20.4%

East Midlands: -28.3%

West Midlands: -25%

East of England: -22.7%

London: -16.9%

South East: -15.9%

South West: -17.2%