Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The FCDO spend on agency staff is contained in the published FCDO Annual Report and Accounts:
Financial Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
Temporary Staff Costs | £12,086,112 | £25,679,267 | £39,575,855 |
The figures provided are inclusive of both the cost of the contingent labourer and the agency fee for provision of their services.