Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of his Department's employees who have been employed other than in his Department's payroll in each year since 2010-11.

The number of non-payroll employees (staff loaned or seconded in who remain on their parent organisation payroll) in my Department in each year since 2010-11 is shown in the table below:

Audited information about the numbers of contractors working in the Department is published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts. These are available on the Cabinet Office website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts

My Department seeks to make the best use of staff and resources to deliver the Government’s objectives in a way that represents value for money for the taxpayer. This includes interchange with other Government Departments and other sectors, and an appropriate mix of employment contract types that meet the needs of the business.