§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many agency workers have been employed by the Department in each of the last two years; and at what cost to public funds. [115199]
§ Mr. LammyThe Department does not hold information on the number of employees under contract from agencies supplying temporary staff.
The amount spent on staff from these agencies for the period requested is shown in the following table.
£ 2001–02 7,589,927 2002–03 9,917,896 Note: The accounts for 2002–03 are not final and are subject to some adjustment.