Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
The table sets out the information requested for core Defra in respect of 2012-13, the last financial year for which audited information is available. Audited information for 2013-14 will be available in July 2014.
Companies | Spending 2012/13 | Average Agency Fees paid |
Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd | £856,348 | £62,257 (7.2%) |
Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd | £628,832 | £113,189 (18%) |
Acadent Ltd | £454,521 | Not available |
Michael Page International | £202,948 | £23,521 (11.59%) |
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd | £182,634 | £21,167 (11.59%) |