To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on the recruitment of (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff in each year since 1997. (118676)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has paid the following amounts on the recruitment of permanent staff in each year since 1997:

These figures include both the costs of advertisements and agency fees for executive search and selection.

For temporary staff, the Department pays an agency for the work done by temporary staff only and pays no recruitment costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many temporary staff were employed by her Department as a result of recruitment by recruitment agencies in each year since 1997. (118677)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport employs temporary agency staff on the basis of a booking that can last from as little as one day to many months. The number of individual bookings in the years for which centrally held information is available is as follows:

The information for earlier years is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.