Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
This information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, how much her office has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons has not incurred headhunter costs in any of the last three financial years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mike Freer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Steve Baker
There has been no spend on headhunters by the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last three years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mims Davies - Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
The following figures apply to Senior Civil Service Recruitment only, to note, this does not include digital recruitment.
2020/21: £190,627.84
2021/22: £211,054.00
2022/23 YTD: £171,608.46
These figures represent executive search activity spend on SCS (Deputy Director – Director General) recruitment for non-digital roles across these years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Will Quince
The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Due to the financial reporting system in the department it is not possible to separate out spend associated with external recruitment consultancy services from all other consultancy spend for the majority of departmental recruitment.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
I refer the hon. Member for Edinburgh West to the answer I gave on 15 November 2022 to Question 76168.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
HM Treasury does not hold information on head-hunters separately within its recruitment costs.