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Departments: Employment Agencies

Volume 463: debated on Monday 10 September 2007

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Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department paid in fees to recruitment agencies for (a) temporary and (b) permanent staff in each year since 1997. (151674)

Jim Fitzpatrick

The Department for Transport was established in May 2002.

Figures available for the Department for Transport are:

£

(a) Temporary

(b) Permanent

2002-03

5,859,854

1,198,693

2003-04

10,364,482

4,021,132

2004-05

11,664,629

4,220,768

2005-06

9,856,964

8,272,596

2006-07

12,314,056

4,791,412

The table does not include Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA). I would refer the hon. Member to the annual report, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.

This answer corrects the answer of 30 January 2007, Official Report, column 254W, which unfortunately contained some incomplete and incorrect figures.