Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for the Law Officers' Departments in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The following table lists the top five companies used by the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. TSol financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and the associated agency fee. TSol data also covers any expenditure incurred by HM Crown Prosecution service inspectorate and the Attorney General's Office.
Firm | Amount spent (net of VAT) |
Capita Resourcing Ltd (Staff) | £5,404,407 |
Kelly Services (UK) Ltd | £1,711,926 |
Experis (Elan Computing Ltd) | £634,916 |
Hudson | £347,834 |
Methods Consulting Ltd | £168,256 |
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent the following amounts with four companies during 2013/14 in relation to the provision of temporary workers. The expenditure includes the cost of temporary staff. It is not possible to separately identify the agency element of the payments.
Firm | Amount spent (including VAT) |
Brook Street (UK) Limited | £99,423 |
Reed Employment Plc | £52,718 |
Badenoch and Clark | £31,739 |
Hays Accountancy Personnel | £19,832 |
This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system.
The following table lists the top five companies used by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. SFO financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and any associated agency fee.
Firm | Amount spent (including VAT) |
Adecco | 942,075 |
Alvarez and Marsal | 609,499 |
Crowe Clarke Whitehill | 590,264 |
Mazars LLP | 567,627 |
FTI Consultancy | 207,354 |
Asked by: Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by the Law Officers' Departments in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
Answered by Oliver Heald
In 2013-14 Professor Shute was paid £2,286.30 and Dr Tapley was paid £1,735.70 for consultancy services to HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). There has been no other consultancy spend within that financial year by HMCPSI, the Treasury Solicitor's Department or the Attorney General's Office.
The two companies listed below are the only organisations to have been paid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for consultancy work during the last financial year.
SCC £32,316
CIO Partnership Ltd £2,100
Inaddition, two individuals carried out consultancy work for the SFO. The total amount paid for this work was £13,812
The table below details payments made by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consultancy firms during the last financial year.
Evolve Business Consultancy | £74,319 |
Saville Consulting UK Ltd Surrey | £22,008 |
Triad Group Plc Surrey | £19,260 |
Deloitte LLP Milton Keynes | £9,661 |
Hay Group Management Limited | £7,200 |
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd | £6,398 |
ASE Consulting Ltd Lancashire | £4,995 |
Enquin Enviromental Ltd Cardiff | £4,110 |
HR Lounge Ltd London Total | £3,180 |
Long and Partners Commissioning Consultancy Ltd | £2,010 |
This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system, analysing spend against account codes for consultancy and professional services. Expenditure may include some payments for services not covered by the Crown Commercial Service Consultancy Value Programme definition of consultancy but provided by companies categorised as a consultancy firm. Excluded are payments for professional services supplied by third parties not classified as a consultancy firm such as employment agencies, training providers, solicitors, ICT managed service suppliers and freelance consultants engaged directly by the department.