§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost to her Department was of employing staff in(a) London and (b) the south-east from employment agencies in each year since 1997. [56513]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 16 May 2002]: The information at the disaggregated level requested is not held and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Department maintains records on the total expenditure on employment agency staff only from 1998–99 onwards. The table shows details of this expenditure, which represents between 3 and 4 per cent. of staff costs for each respective year.
Outturn £million 1998–99 7.2 1999–2000 7.7 2000–01 7.2 2001–021 8.2 1 Provisional