§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS Executive, the Department of Health, NHS Trusts, NHS regions, district health authorities and 21W family health services authorities expend each year in employing (a) outside employment agencies and (b) employment agencies which conduct psychological testing.
§ Mr. SackvilleDuring 1993–94 the Department of Health, including its agencies and the National Health Service Executive spent the following amounts on recruitment exercises conducted by outside recruitment agencies, including Recruitment and Assessment Services, an executive agency of the Cabinet Office.
Recruitment without psychological test £ Recruitment with psychological test £ DH (excluding agencies and the NHS Executive) 173,708 16,244 NHS Executive 54,902 14,805 Agencies NHS Pensions Agency 20,566 — NHS Estates — 36,191 Medicines Control Agency 43,041 — TOTAL 292,217 67,240 Figures for NHS trusts, NHS regions, district health authorities and family health services authorities are not available centrally. NHS employers are autonomous and make their own arrangements.