Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Recruitment
(asked on 7th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO publishes Expenditure on Consultancy and Temporary Staff in the Annual Report and Accounts. Costs reported in the ARA 2022-23 & 2021-22 are as per the below table.
Financial Year | Cost |
2020-21 | £28,421,311 |
2021-22 | £45,336,007 |
2022-23 | £53,365,260 |
External recruitment agencies and search firms are an important resource which support the Civil Service's ability to recruit - to find talented people, in the right places, with the right capabilities to deliver for the people of the United Kingdom. The Civil Service has developed a number of commercial frameworks which provide transparency, high quality services and value for money.