HC Deb 10 June 1996 vol 279 cc56-7W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how much his Department spent in recruiting staff to his Department and its executive agencies during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 financial years; and how many staff were recruited in each of these years; [31399]

(2) what use his Department and its executive agencies have made of executive search agencies or employment companies in filling vacancies within his Department or executive agencies administered by his Department during the financial years 1994–95 and 1995–96; what agencies were employed; what was the cost in each case; how many staff were recruited in each case; and what was the total cost in each financial year of these contracts. [31414]

Mr. Burt

The information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.