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Departmental Staff

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 13 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff were employed through employment agencies in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last five years for which information is available; and what the (i) average and (ii) longest time was for which these temporary workers were employed in each year. (102950)

The following tables provide details of responses to the request for information.

2001-02

Agency

Number of temp agency staff

Average time

Longest time

DfT(C)

No information available

DVLA

No information available

GCDA

4

3 months

6 months

MCA

No information available

VOSA

No information available1

VGA

2

2

2

DSA

3

3

3

HA

No information available

2002-03

Agency

Number of temp agency staff

Average time

Longest time

Dft(C)

No information available

DVLA

No information available

GDCA

2

4 months

6 months

MCA

No information available

VOSA

No information available1

VCA

2

2

2

DSA

3

3

3

HA

257

No information available

2003-04

Agency

Number of temp agency staff

Average time

Longest time

DfT(C)

No information available

DVLA

No information available

GCDA

1

6 months

6 months

MCA

No information available

VOSA

No information available1

VCA

2

2

2

DSA

3

3

3

HA

224

No information available

2004-05

Agency

Number of temp agency staff

Average time

Longest time

DfT(C)

No information available

DVLA

18

1,127 days

937 days

GCDA

8

6.5 months

12 months

MCA

No information available

VOSA

No information available1

VCA

2

2

2

DSA

3

3

3

HA

178

No information available

2005-06

Agency

Number of temp agency staff

Average time

Longest time

DfT(C)

86

12.5 weeks

81 weeks

DVLA

18

1,175 days

897 days

GCDA

12

8 months

12 months

MCA

No information available

VOSA

No information available1

VCA

2

2

2

DSA

3

3

3

HA

164

No information available

1 Annual report provides a combined figure for agency/consultancy support

2 4 agency staff within last five years with the average time being three months and the longest time 12 months.

3 Only information available: 98 staff as at 31 October 2006 (longest time 351 days and average time 123 days) 56 staff as at 31 December2006 (longest time 369 days and average time 244 days