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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 March 2010. It was answered by Barbara Follett (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Departmental Temporary Employment

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) agency fees and (b) salaries of agency staff recruited to work at its headquarters (i) in each financial year since 2004-05 and (ii) in 2009-10 in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many agency staff his Department employed at each grade or equivalent at its headquarters in each year since 2004-05.
Answer

The Department has published its expenditure on Agency staff, staff substitution and Interim Management for the last three years in its annual reports. The breakdown of (a) agency fees and (b) salaries of agency staff could be provided only at disproportionate cost.For 2006-07 spend (contained in Chapter 10, Table 4 —page 115):"http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/2007-annual-report.pdf"For 2007-08 spend (contained in Chapter 10, Table 5 —page 141):"http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/05.pdf"For 2008-09 spend (contained in Chapter 10, Table 13 —page 165):"http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1281142.pdf"In the current financial year 2009-10 the indicative spend is £15.1 million as at the end of February 2010. However full out-turn figures will not be available until the early summer when they will be published in the Department's annual report.

AA AO EO HEO SEO G6 G7 SCS HPTO SPTO N/A Total
2004 4 38 9 11 6 1 6 1 1 1 38 116
2005 3 41 20 12 3 0 4 2 1 1 57 144
2006 8 47 30 32 14 1 14 6 1 0 73 226
2007 2 91 65 39 18 4 19 6 0 3 0 247
2008 2 59 107 46 25 19 28 12 2 5 0 305
2009 2 5 14 21 3 3 7 2 0 0 1 58

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1400W; 322840
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Temporary employment Department for Communities and Local Government
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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