Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many clerical, administrative and secretarial staff have been recruited into the Civil Service from private employment agencies in each of the years 1970, 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerPrecise information of this nature is not held centrally and to compile it would involve disproportionate cost to public funds. I am satisfied, however, that the number of staff recruited into the Civil Service from private employment agencies is negligible.