Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 99422

Unemployment and Vacancies

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 5th December 2025 to Question 94817, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) duplicate listings and (b) placeholder vacancies on commercial job platforms on the accuracy

Answer

Josh Simons

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th of December is attached.