To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the hourly rates of pay of all non-permanent staff working for his Department and its agencies were in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff were receiving each rate in each of those months. (196454)

The breakdown of temporary civil servants along with permanent employees has been published as part of the Office for National Statistics Quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics as at 31 December 2007 for Ministry of Justice and it’s agencies. A copy of this table is outlined as follows.

Statistics on the number of contractors and agency staff employed by Departments are not published. The Civil Service Statistics represent those employees paid directly from the Department’s payroll. Any contractors employed via agencies, and not paid directly by the Department’s payroll are not included.

Information relating to workers employed through employment agencies and hourly rates of pay for all staff in the Ministry of Justice and its agencies is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.