§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the private employment agencies used by his Department and its agencies in each of the last three years for which figures are available, indicating(a) the names of the agencies, (b) the numbers employed by the agencies in work for his Department, (c) the total cost to his Department of using employment agencies and the median cost paid to the agency per person recruited and (d) the average length of contract for persons recruited via such agencies. [16181]
§ Mr. HagueInformation is not kept in the form requested. The available information is as follows:
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 (to date) £ £ £ Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. 11,406 65,090 67,163 Kinetic Ltd. 1,737 3,521 4,934 Pertemps Recruitment Partnership 892 18,338 1,203 Adia (UK) Ltd. — 15,817 — Brook Street Bureau — — 579 Atebion Training — — 551 Employment Agency — — — Total 14,035 102,766 74,430