Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers

(asked on 7th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover uniformed operational support staff in each month since May 2015; how many such workers have been employed as cover for uniformed operational support staff in each month since January 2014; and how many such workers have been employed as cover for clerical staff in each month since May 2015.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 10th December 2015

We only use temporary staff to fill business critical posts and essential services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available.

Spend on Agency Workers to Cover Operational Uniformed Staff

May 2015

£2,218,619.14

Jun 2015

£2,473,726.29

Jul 2015

£1,698,046.80

Aug 2015

£1,404,595.28

Sep 2015

£1,291,901.70

Oct 2015

£1,296,688.61


Number of Agency Workers to cover Uniformed Operational Staff

Jan 2014

928

Feb 2014

1013

Mar 2014

1113

Apr 2014

1107

May 2014

1128

Jun 2014

1093

Jul 2014

996

Aug 2014

1118

Sep 2014

1118

Oct 2014

1203

Nov 2014

1268

Dec 2014

1277

Jan 2015

1249

Feb 2015

1363

Mar 2015

1355

Apr 2015

1320

May 2015

1256

Jun 2015

802

Jul 2015

668

Aug 2015

639

Sep 2015

563

Oct 2015

492

Nov 2015

516


Number of Agency Workers to cover Clerical Agency Staff

May 2015

2475

Jun 2015

2458

Jul 2015

2509

Aug 2015

2446

Sept 2015

2389

Oct 2015

2398

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