§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his 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. [72649]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienWe do not have a central record of the numbers of staff employed under contract from agencies and it would involve disproportionate cost to obtain them. We do, however, have the costs, which are:
FY Paybill costs (£) of which: Agency costs (£) Percentage 1997–98 188,078,000 445,944 0.24 1998–99 189,169,000 804,788 0.43 1999–2000 200,368,000 971,657 0.48 2000–01 204,900,000 1,255,817 0.61 2001–021 217,997,000 1,933,841 0.89 1 2001–02 paybill provisional costs