Recruitment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money was paid by her Department to recruitment agencies for the hire of temporary staff in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. (117499)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has paid recruitment agencies the amounts in the following table in each year since 1997:

	£
1997-98	278,618.91
1998-99	482,465.39
1999-2000	456,230.03
2000-01	386,498.94
2001-02	409,743.71
2002-03	512,869.85
2003-04	451,750.43
2004-05	496,585.32
2005-06	1,147,515.76
2006-07	¹1,069,662.09
¹To 19 January 2007.

These sums are inclusive of the full salary costs of the temporary staff.

Volume 455: debated on Wednesday 24 January 2007