Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising in real terms in each year since 2010-11.
The information requested is published in the department’s annual accounts. These can be found at:
Data for the current financial year will be published in due course.
The department is committed to reducing our back office and administrative budget by 50% by 2020. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services, where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of consultants and agency staff to find savings where possible.