To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department has paid to recruitment agencies for the hire of temporary staff in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (117506)

The Wales Office spent £99,199 on agency staff in 2004-05 and £91,914 in 2005-06.

Information for previous years was not kept in this format and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.