Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff

(asked on 6th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.


This question was answered on 22nd June 2016

In 2015-16, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) spent £7.3m on non-payroll staff, which represents 4.7% of the total paybill. This includes agency staff, specialist contractors, Interim Managers, consultants and consultancy costs.

BIS has a clear strategy to reduce our costs for agency and contractor spend by at least 20% over the current Spending Review period.

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