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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.


Departmental Temporary Employment

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer from which companies his Department sourced temporary staff in each of the last three years; how many temporary staff his Department employed in each year; and what the monetary value of the contracts with each such company was in each such year.
Answer

HM Treasury has used the following companies to provide temporary staff in 2008-09. Information on the numbers of temporary staff employed is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Year 2008-09
Supplier name £
Brook Street (UK)Ltd. 6,000
Huntress Search Ltd. 1,000
Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. 145,000
Office Angels
OSR Recruitment Services 1,000
Reed Employment plc 4,000
Reed Personnel Services plc 1,000
Total 158,000

Details for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08 were contained in the answer provided to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) on 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 799W.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1040-1W; 320012
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Temporary employment Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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