§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidelines are operated by her Department as regards the use of executive search agencies to fill vacancies within her Department and her Department's executive agencies; and in what circumstances her Department employs executive search agencies instead of relying fully on departmental resources to fill vacant posts.
§ Mr. BoswellAn executive search agency might be used to fill a key vacancy in the Department or the Teachers' Pensions Agency, which is the only executive agency administered by this Department. The decision in each case would be based on need and value for money.