The Employer Skills Survey (ESS) has run biennially since 2011, providing a vital source of intelligence on the skills issues that employers face. The survey captures the density and incidence of skills shortages, as well as the impact of these on businesses.

The last ESS ran in 2019. Fieldwork is currently underway for the 2022 ESS, and will continue until the end of March 2023. Full findings can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employer-skills-survey-2019.

The survey captures the number of vacancies and the proportion of these that were proving hard to fill because applicants don’t have the relevant skills, experience or qualifications (skill-shortage vacancies). In 2019, 24% of all vacancies in England, Northern Ireland and Wales were skill-shortage vacancies, an increase from 22% in 2017. This measure is known as the skill-shortage density measure.

Of those employers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales that reported skill-shortage vacancies, 94% reported that it had an impact on business performance.

The most common impacts reported included:

• An increased workload for staff (84%)
• Difficulties meeting customer services objectives (49%)
• Increased operating costs (45%)
• Loss of business or orders to competitors (40%)
• Delays developing new products or services (39%)

The Skills for Jobs White Paper published in January 2021 set out the government’s blueprint for reshaping the technical skills system, to better meet the needs of employers and the wider economy. As part of this new approach, the department introduced employer-led Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) which will set out a clear articulation of employers’ skills needs, and the priority changes required in a local area to help ensure post-16 technical education and training provision is more responsive and flexible in meeting local labour market skills needs. The department has now designated employer representative bodies to lead on the development of LSIPs in all 38 areas of England, and expect local areas to have their plans ready for approval in May 2023.

A list of jobs on the current Shortage Occupation Lists can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations.

A list of previous occupations that were on the Shortage Occupation List can be found here: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20201130214130/https:/www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list.

The Department has no plans to publish vacancies in the format requested.

No specific estimate has been made as there is no recommended minimum number of general practitioners (GPs) within a practice. GPs form part of a multidisciplinary team in primary care and ensuring that the appropriate skills are available in general practice can address workloads and deliver high quality patient care. Through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, we are recruiting 26,000 primary care professionals, with over 18,000 currently in post.

In 2016, we launched the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme in 2016 which provides a one off financial incentive of £20,000 to attract doctors to train in locations where it has been difficult to recruit staff. In 2021, 550 places were available through the Scheme, with additional Government investment ensuring there will be 800 places in 2022, with six posts in Hounslow and 77 across London.

I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ 167248.

I refer the honourable member to PQ 169973 in relation to the number of jobs started and to PQ 165550 for regional vacancies.

I refer the honourable member to PQ 169973 in relation to the number of jobs started.

We are unable to publish data below regional level, I refer the honourable member to PQ 165610.

I refer the honourable member to the answer given for PQ 157063.

Over 150,000 jobs have been approved for the Department of Work and Pensions’ Kickstart scheme. Over 50,000 of these jobs have been made available for young people, including almost 6,000 jobs started.

The official statistics on vacancies are not available for each region and nation of the UK. However, experimental statistics on online job adverts are available from ONS at a regional level. These statistics are provided by ONS in partnership with Adzuna (an online job search engine). Statistics on regional unemployment can be found here.

The latest official statistics on vacancies, from the Office for National Statistics, cover the period Mar-May 2020. These statistics estimate the number of UK vacancies at 476,000, or 1.6 vacancies per 100 employee jobs. These statistics can be found here.

Estimates of vacancies are not available for each region and nation of the UK.

The latest official employment statistics, from the Office for National Statistics, cover the period Feb-Apr 2020. These statistics can be found here.

We are working with departments across Government to understand supply & demand across the labour market and, where there are shortages, we are working with them to promote the Government Find a Job matching service. We are also reaching out to employers and sector bodies through our social channels to encourage them to place vacancies on the site.

The Department has launched a new website for jobseekers to maximise take up of vacancies. Jobhelp.dwp.gov.uk provides job search hints and tips as well as crucial advice on transferable skills for those people who need to change sectors. It also highlights live large-scale recruitment in a range of industries as well as the Find a Job Government Skills matching service.

BEIS have issued the Working Safely guidance which was developed in conjunction with HSE and other partners, including ACAS. Under the new guidance, employers should do a risk assessment and employees, or potential employees, can report an employer if they have concerns that the guidance isn’t being followed. Contact details to report concerns are on the HSE website.

The number of job adverts posted on the website are displayed in the table provided.

The Department has launched a new employment campaign signposting people to roles in critical sectors helping the country through this pandemic. The new job site also includes advice on how to apply and links to online training.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

The following table provides the number of full-time classroom teacher vacancies and temporarily filled posts[1] for maths, music and science subjects in state funded secondary schools in each region in England, as at November 2016. November 2017 figures will be available in the summer.

Source: School Workforce Census

Figures have been rounded to nearest 10.

’-‘ nil or negligible.

[1] Includes advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term’s duration) plus vacancies filled on a temporary basis by a teacher on a contract of less than one year.