Departments: Employment Agencies

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.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The Department for Transport was established in May 2002.

Figures available for the Department for Transport are:

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|       |(a) Temporary|(b) Permanent|
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|2002-03|5,859,854    |1,198,693    |
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|2003-04|10,364,482   |4,021,132    |
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|2004-05|11,664,629   |4,220,768    |
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|2005-06|9,856,964    |8,272,596    |
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|2006-07|12,314,056   |4,791,412    |
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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.