§ Mr. HallTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the private employment agencies used by his Department nad 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. [16175]
§ Mr. Arbuthnot(pursuant to his reply 19 February, column 640): I regret that there was an error in the reply sent on behalf of the Chief Executive of the Meterological Office. I have asked the Chief Executive to write again to the hon. Member with the correct information.
106WLetter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 24 February 1997:
I regret that my letter to you of 19 February contained a typographical error. The figure for 1996 at d. should read 12 rather than 112 weeks.My apologies for this mistake.