PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers (2 November 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.

The former Department of Energy and Climate Change’s annual spend on temporary staff (including Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Executive Agency) is as follows:

Financial Year

Spend on temporary staff £’000

2011-12

5,434

2012-13

6,847

2013-14

10,171

2014-15

9,839

2015-16

11,706

The former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual spend on temporary staff (including Executive Agency and Non-Departmental Public Bodies) is as follows:

Financial Year

Spend on temporary staff £’000

2011-12

67,350

2012-13

85,337

2013-14

87,846

2014-15

70,711

2015-16

57,397

The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts under ‘other staff costs’ which is the basis for this answer. Please be aware that the costs may include payments to non-executive board members.

Total annual spend on temporary staff for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is therefore:

Financial Year

Spend on temporary staff £’000

2011-12

72,784

2012-13

92,184

2013-14

98,017

2014-15

80,550

2015-16

69,103


Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
9 November 2016

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