PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment Agencies (27 January 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.

Asked by:
Bill Esterson (Labour)

Answer

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has used employment or recruitment agencies to procure contingent workers, as set out in the table below.

Period

No. of people

Apr 10 - Mar 11

108

Apr 11 - Mar 12

172

Apr 12 - Mar 13

178

Apr 13 - Mar 14

151

Apr 14 - Dec 14

76

Contingent workers include Agency Temps, Contractors etc. but exclude civil servants on permanent or temporary/short term contracts.

The dates shown are the dates in which the contingent worker first commenced a period of work in DECC.


Answered by:
Amber Rudd (Independent)
29 January 2015

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