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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Job Vacancies: Banff and Buchan

Monday 18 March 2024 · 3 questions

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Key points

  • The jobcentre team is partnering with Morrisons and the Co-op to fill local vacancies in Banff and Buchan.
  • The seafood sector in Banff and Buchan is transitioning away from dependency on overseas workers.
  • The government is reviewing the recommendation to make economically inactive individuals eligible for employment support.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 David Duguid Con
Employment Benefits & Welfare
Context

The jobcentre team are providing support to fill local vacancies, partnering with Morrisons and the Co-op.

Question

What steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Banff and Buchan constituency?

Answer from Jo Churchill

The jobcentre team are providing a broad range of support, including partnering with Morrisons and the Co-op to fill local vacancies in my hon. Friend's constituency and delivering targeted outreach at Banff library with local providers.

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Q2 David Duguid Con
Immigration Employment Benefits & Welfare
Context

Unemployment is low, but there are difficulties filling vacancies with local people, especially in the food and drink sector.

Question

My hon. Friend is aware of the very low unemployment in Banff and Buchan and the difficulty in filling vacancies with local people, particularly in the food and drink sector. The seafood sector in particular is still in a transition away from dependency on overseas workers, which could take some years. What data can the DWP provide on the measures that local businesses have taken to maximise the employment of local people, and what other support can the Department offer to attract workers to areas of low unemployment such as Banff and Buchan?

Answer from Jo Churchill

There are the wages paid through the rise in the national living wage, my hon. Friend's local jobcentre and the range of access to support. I am sure we will be discussing all these issues tomorrow at the roundtable with seafood processors that I will be attending along with the Minister for Legal Migration and the Border, my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Tom Pursglove).

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Not addressed: Data from DWP on measures taken by local businesses to maximise employment of local people

How: Under Review

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Q3 Stephen Timms Lab East Ham
Economy Employment
Context

A large number of people are economically inactive without claiming benefits, making them ineligible for jobcentre support.

Question

A large number of people in Banff and Buchan are economically inactive. They are not claiming benefits so they are not eligible for employment support from jobcentres, but the Select Committee recommended last summer that such people should be eligible. Would that not be in their interests and in the interests of employers struggling to fill vacant posts at the moment, and therefore supportive of much-needed economic growth?

Answer from Jo Churchill

We always take these matters very seriously and keep them under full review.

How: Under Review

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