Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 March 2004. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Friday, 5 March 2004 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of recruitment of civil servants for the Department was in each financial year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) delegated or contracted out recruitment procedures and (b) recruitment procedures carried out by the Department. - Inc fact that information is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Answer: Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of recruitment of civil servants for the Department was in each financial year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) delegated or contracted out recruitment procedures and (b) recruitment procedures carried out by the Department. [158179] Ruth Kelly: The costs of recruiting staff fall largely to individual teams, and are charged to team budgets. Therefore information on the total cost of recruiting staff is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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