Expenditure on recruitment for the past three financial years has been extracted from the Department’s finance system. Information for the other years requested is not readily available on a consistent basis and would be available only at disproportionate cost.
The following table shows the breakdown on recruitment, search and selection agencies by DTI and its agencies.
Financial year Expenditure on recruitment, search and selection agencies (£000) 2003-04 1,427 2004-05 784 2005-06 1,009