PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment Agencies (27 January 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Office were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)
Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)
Answer
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office. The number of recruitment and employment agencies used to source staff for Cabinet Office and the number of staff employed by Cabinet Office through recruitment and employment agencies is not held centrally.
As part of our long-term economic plan, this Government has cut the amount spent on central Government consultancy and contingent labour from £2.45 billion in 2009/10 to £1.06 billion in 2013/14 – a reduction of 57% compared to the last year of the previous Government.
Answered by:
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
2 February 2015
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