§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to his Department was of employing staff in(a) London and (b) the south-east from employment agencies in each year since 1997. [56509]
§ Dr. MoonieThis information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Agency staff are generally used as an interim measure to fill posts which cannot be filled conventionally in the required time scale.