§ Pete WishartTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's expenditure on recruitment advertising was in each of the last three years, broken down by publication; and what 551W proportion of such expenditure was (a) to advertise vacant posts and (b) in the form of other general recruitment advertising [155528]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Department for Transport has only been in existence since May 2002.
The Department uses the most appropriate publication for recruitment advertising, be it national, regional, trade magazine or website, depending on the nature of the vacancy. To provide a breakdown between publications would be at disproportionate cost.
Below are details of the costs incurred by DfT (Central) for recruitment advertising for vacant posts.
2002–03: £241,868.872003–04 to date: £461,262.81This does not include the Departments Agencies as they have responsibility for their own recruitment below Senior Civil Service. Nor does it include NDPBs. These costs could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.
The Department for Transport has not participated in a general recruitment since May 2002.