PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Staff (9 December 2014)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour)
Answer
Information on recorded expenditure by the Law Officers’ Departments consultants, temporary staff and contingent labour in each of the last five financial years is contained in the following table.
Attorney General’s Office | |||
Year | Consultancy Expenditure | Temporary Staff Expenditure | Contingent services |
2013-14 | - | £1,182 | - |
2012-13 | £4,258 | - | - |
2011-12 | £4,000 | - | - |
2010-11 | - | £9,745 | - |
2009-10 | £42,479 | £54,185 | - |
Treasury Solicitor’s Department | |||
Year | Consultancy Expenditure | Temporary Staff Expenditure | Contingent services |
2013-14 | - | £9,095,385 | £296,463 |
2012-13 | £1,000 | £5,248,180 | £251,466 |
2011-12 | £29,050 | £3,585,399 | £635,299 |
2010-11 | £9,182 | £2,880,789 | £774,108 |
2009-10 | £244,531 | £6,664,899 | £827,670 |
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | |||
Year | Consultancy Expenditure | Temporary Staff Expenditure | Contingent services |
2013-14 | £4,022 | - | £15,570 |
2012-13 | £5,481 | - | - |
2011-12 | £9,998 | £4,311 | - |
2010-11 | - | £31,530 | £20,295 |
2009-10 | £27,284 | £27,527 | - |
Serious Fraud Office | |||
Year | Consultancy Expenditure | Temporary Staff /Contingent Services Expenditure (2) | |
2013-14 | £48,000 | £3,926,000 | |
2012-13 | £31,000 | £2,672,000 | |
2011-12 | £856,000 | £2,296,000 | |
2010-11 | £1,557,000 (1) | £3,693,000 | |
2009-10 | £2,199,000 | £6,600,000 | |
Crown Prosecution Service | |||
Year | Consultancy Expenditure (3) | Temporary Staff Expenditure | Contingent services |
2013-14 | £960 | £189,624 | £273,935 |
2012-13 | £9,793 | £66,866 | £2,861 |
2011-12 | £13,347 | £257,057 | £23,355 |
2010-11 | £684,314 | £1,616,284 | £392,968 |
2009-10 | £1,881,834 | £2,464,073 | £3,293,676 |
(1) During the preparation of an answer to an earlier PQ (206676), the SFO identified that this figure is incorrectly stated in their accounts and should be £1,568k. The original figure is given here for consistency.
(2) The totals shown in this table are for contingent labour (excluding consultants). This total includes all other temporary staffing (including agency staff, interim managers and specialist contractors).
(3) CPS Expenditure for 2009/10 relates to expenditure with consultancy firms for professional services and may include payments for services not covered by the Office of Government Commerce’s Consultancy Value Programme definition.
Records are not held centrally of the number of individuals such employed during these years, the length of their contracts or their equivalent civil service salary band. To verify these details would incur a disproportionate cost.
Answered by:
Sir Robert Buckland (Conservative)
16 December 2014
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