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<p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m.
We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline
services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary
skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our
use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In
responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier
of temporary clerical staff.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of
VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - £3,421,108.62
(5 week period)</p><p>August 2014 - £2,711,052.38 (4 week period)</p><p>September
2014 - £2,946,902.62 (4 week period)</p><p>October 2014 - £4,060,595.46 (5 week period)</p><p>November
2014 - £3,082,356.77 (4 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following number of clerical
agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - 2117 (Actual)</p><p>August
2014 - 2129 (Actual)</p><p>September 2014 - 2271 (Actual)</p><p>October 2014 - 2509
(Actual)</p><p>November 2014 - 2257 (Actual)</p>
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