§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many employees under contract from temping agencies were working 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. [58187]
§ Mr. LeslieThe number of employees working in the Cabinet Office under contract from temping agencies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Estimated expenditure on temporary staff in the Cabinet Office is as follows:
Year £000 Percentage of total staffing budget 1997–98 1,135 2.1 1998–99 1,589 2.6 1999–2000 1,907 2.7 2000–01 3,250 4.0 Final figures for 2001–02 are not yet available.
The figures include the Central Office of Information which, although not part of the Cabinet Office, also reports to me.