§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department:: and how much was spent on temporary staff(a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [72645]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date my Department has had a number of employees under contract from temping agencies. Details are given in the table.
Year Number of temporary staff Total spend on temporary staff(£) Percentage of total staffing budget 1999–2000 13 38,431 1.9 2000–01 16 79,643 2.4 2001–021 19 90,798 2.4 1 Provisional