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Written question asked by Steve Barclay (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2012. It was answered by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were employed in interim posts by (a) his Department and (b) a non-ministerial department or arm's length body controlled by the Department through (i) Penna Consulting, (ii) Reed Personnel Services and (iii) Capita Resourcing Ltd (trading as Veredus) on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such people (A) had been in post for over a year and (B) worked full-time at that date.
Answer

[holding answer 26 March 2012]: The following tables set out the number of people employed in interim posts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and its arm's length bodies through Reed Personal Services and Capita Resourcing (although not through their Veredus trading name) as at 29 February 2012.

Reed Personal Services of which have been in post over a year of which work full time
DCLG 17 3 14
Infrastructure Planning Commission 1 1 1
Valuation Tribunal Service 2 0 2
The Audit Commission 1 1 1
Capita Resourcing Ltd of which have been in post over a year of which work full time
DCLG 33 4 30
Fire Service College 1 0 1
Homes and Communities Agency 1 0 1
Infrastructure Planning Commission 1 0 0
Standards Board for England 1 0 1

Please note the above tables include all agency staff, interims and contractors employed through Reed and Capita as at 29 February 2012. No temporary staff were employed through Penna Consulting on that date.The Department interims employed via Reed are for the administration of electoral claims on behalf of the Electoral Commission. The Department interims employed via Capita are primarily specialist technical posts relating to audit, procurement and finance.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
101841; 543 c1427-8W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Staff Department for Communities and Local Government
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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