§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what circumstances his Department or its executive agencies uses an executive search or employment agency to recruit staff in preference to using personnel staff within his own Department or its executive agencies. [31547]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe Treasury and the Chancellor's other Departments and agencies use executive search or employment agencies to recruit staff when it is judged more efficient to do so—for example, to fill a post requiring very specialist skills.