Monitor: Employment Agencies

(asked on 6th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many agency staff Monitor has used since 2010; and at what cost.


This question was answered on 14th July 2015

Monitor use agency staff to temporarily fill administrative and clerical roles according to the business needs of the organisation, providing cover for vacancy, holiday and sickness.

The table below shows Monitor’s approximate average headcount for agency staff between 2010-11 and 2014-15. The total cost over this period was £1.564 million including VAT.

To note, there is some discrepancy in the data as collection methodology changed in 2011, when it started to be collected monthly.

Figures for headcount and spend on agency staff:

Average Headcount

Cost, £000 incl VAT

2010-11

5.5

160**

2011-12

8

235**

2012-13

13

385*

2013-14

12.5

418

2014-15

10.5

366

Sum

50

1,564

Average

10

313

* Extrapolation of full year position from incomplete data

** Extrapolation based on trends

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