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<p> </p><p>In answering this question, we have used the Cabinet Office definition
for contingent labour (temporary staff) which includes admin and clerical agency staff,
interim managers and specialist contractors: use of such staff for short-term or specialist
work can be better value for money than hiring staff on permanent contracts.</p><p>Details
of the five companies that my Department has used most often in the last financial
year for the provision of contingent labour are set out below:</p><p>Financial Year
2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Total Expenditure
(excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita Resourcing Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,736,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed
Employment Services</p></td><td><p>£172,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Specialist
Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>£136,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manpower UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>£40,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Premier
Employment Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>£22,677</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To put
this in context, my Department has cut spending on contingent labour from £14.4 million
in 2009-10 to £3.3 million in 2013-14 as a result of the tightening of its internal
management controls, institutionalising these in its systems and adhering to Treasury
and Cabinet Office spending rules. This represents a saving of £11.1 million a year
(2013-14 compared to 2009-10)</p><p>In addition to the savings on temporary workers,
our departmental audited annual accounts for the core Department show that staff costs
fell from £216 million in 2009-10 to £99 million in 2012-13, a reduction of 54% in
cash terms, or a further saving of £117 million a year.</p><p>These savings also reflect
the Coalition Government's agenda of decentralisation, ending the micromanagement
of local government, the abolition of regional government, and the broader need to
tackle the deficit left by the last Administration.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
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