§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list the private employment agencies used by her 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 her Department, (c) the total cost to her 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. [16189]
§ Mr. SproatThe information for my Department, and the two agencies for which it is responsible—the Historic Royal Palaces Agency (HRPA) and the Royal Parks Agency (RPA), is as follows:—
(a) Agencies used in the last three years.
Josephine Sammons, Manpower, Office Angels, Reinforcements, PRC Employment, Alfred Marks, Montrose Technical Recruitment, Hays Accountancy Personnel, Accountancy Selection, Adecco UK Ltd., Initial Contract Services, Kelly Services, Church Street Recruitment, Montrose, Adia Alfred Marks, Pipco Ltd., Harris Jones Recruitment, Huntley Cartwright, Roberts Associates, MTS Group, Abacus, Masterlock, The Peepul Bureau, Recruit, PD Bureau, and ADIA.
(b) Number employed by the agencies in work for the Department and its agencies
Year Total DNH HRPA RPA 1994–95 79 21 48 10 1995–96 126 22 87 17 1996–97 148 20 123 5 Note:
These figures include successive agency staff filling the same posts.
32W(c) Total cost to the Department and its Agencies
Year Total DNH HRPA RPA 1994–95 £335,388 n/a £294,388 £41,000 1995–96 £771,892 £354,102 £403,790 £14,000 1996–971 £743,420 £330,000 £403,420 £10,000 1 Estimated costs. Median costs are not available.
(d) Many of these contracts are with the agencies to supply staff, not with individuals; hence no average length of contract is available.