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Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many agency workers have been employed by the Department in each of the last two years; and at what cost to public funds. [115198]
Mr. Straw
We do not have a central record of the numbers of staff employed under contract from agencies; to obtain these figures would incur disproportionate costs. We do, however, have the costs, which are:
| Financial year | Agency costs (£) |
| 2001–02 | 1,933,841 |
| 2002–03 | 1,850,779 |