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Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 September 2022. It was answered by Jane Hunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

Answer

The Department’s Agency Staff spend is published annually in BEIS Annual Report and Accounts here under note 3 ‘Staff costs’. Agency spend is shown as financial years in the ‘Wages and Salaries’ line under the ‘Others’ column, representing non-permanent core BEIS staff. Annual spend on Agency spend is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.

Spend relating to financial year 2021-22 will be published later this year. BEIS Annual Report and Accounts are laid in Parliament once they have been certified by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG).

We do not pay agency retainers as our policy is only to use Crown Commercial Framework contracts.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
41935
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Agency workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk