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168978

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Expenditure incurred by the Home Department and its agencies on consultants, <br />temporary staff and contingent labour in the last five years is published <br />annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which are <br />held in the House Library and available from these links.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a> <br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a> <br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a><br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ho-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ho-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011</a><br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-resource-accounts-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-resource-accounts-2009-to-2010</a><br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247694/0193.pdf</a><br /><br />The Department did not separately account for Agency Staff (Temporary Workers) <br />in these years as the costs associated with this category are included in the <br />overall Contingent Labour figures. <br /><br />Spend on contingent and consultancy labour has decreased significantly overall <br />since 09/10.<br /><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>FY09/10 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY10/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY11/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY12/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY13/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Consultancy</strong></p></td><td><p>£227.470</p></td><td><p>£64.194</p></td><td><p>£33.301</p></td><td><p>£14.762</p></td><td><p>£18.014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Contingent Labour </strong></p></td><td><p>£134.000</p></td><td><p>£51.472</p></td><td><p>£37.772</p></td><td><p>£50.672</p></td><td><p>£72.430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department engages Temporary Staff at AA, AO, EO, HEO and SEO equivalent <br />Grades, the vast majority at the AA to EO grades. Contractors are engaged in <br />grade equivalents EO to SCS PB1 with the vast majority at SEO and G6/7.<br /><br />The Department buys consultancy as a service and therefore does not engage <br />consultants individually.<br /><br />To provide details of contract durations and equivalent grades would require <br />analysis of individual contracts and disparate datasets, the time taken to <br />undertake this task would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 11:40:14 question first ministerially corrected 06/01/2015 11:32:10 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 36668 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169929

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>In each of the last five financial years the following amounts have been spent by the Department (BIS and UK Trade and Investment) on first class train tickets and business class air travel. Figures for the total amount spent on taxis prior to 2012-13 cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost as these costs were included in individual travel and expense claims and not centrally collated.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong> Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong> Rail<ins class="ministerial"> - 1st Class</ins></strong></td><td><strong><del class="ministerial"> 1st Class </del>Air<ins class="ministerial"> - Business Class</ins></strong></td><td><strong><del class="ministerial"> Business Class </del>Taxis</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009-2010</td><td>£761,381.87</td><td>£2,061,066.16</td><td>£n/a</td></tr><tr><td>2010-2011</td><td>£179,884.52</td><td>£1,177,664.09</td><td>£n/a</td></tr><tr><td>2011-2012</td><td>£47,316.35</td><td>£1,379,266.78</td><td>£n/a</td></tr><tr><td>2012-2013</td><td>£18,974.65</td><td>£1,282,766.02</td><td>£92,301</td></tr><tr><td>2013-2014</td><td>£21,277.50</td><td>£1,725,998.87</td><td>£79,701</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Note: The use of first class rail travel is restricted for those with health issues and exceptional business need. In both cases prior approval is required in line with the Department’s travel policy. The use of business class flights is restricted to long haul and the figures above will include some costs relating to multi leg journeys made up of economy and business class elements; these cannot be separated without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 11:51:08 question first ministerially corrected 02/02/2015 11:18:45 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson previous answer version 35491 answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168822

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on recorded expenditure by the Law Officers’ Departments consultants, temporary staff and contingent labour in each of the last five financial years is contained in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1,182</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£4,258</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£9,745</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£42,479</p></td><td><p>£54,185</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£9,095,385</p></td><td><p>£296,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td><td><p>£5,248,180</p></td><td><p>£251,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£29,050</p></td><td><p>£3,585,399</p></td><td><p>£635,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£9,182</p></td><td><p>£2,880,789</p></td><td><p>£774,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£244,531</p></td><td><p>£6,664,899</p></td><td><p>£827,670</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£4,022</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£15,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£5,481</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£9,998</p></td><td><p>£4,311</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£31,530</p></td><td><p>£20,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£27,284</p></td><td><p>£27,527</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Temporary Staff /Contingent Services Expenditure <sup>(2)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£48,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£3,926,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£31,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,672,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£856,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,296,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,557,000 <sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£3,693,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£2,199,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Expenditure <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>Temporary Staff Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Contingent services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>£189,624</p></td><td><p>£273,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£66,866</p></td><td><p>£2,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£257,057</p></td><td><p>£23,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£1,616,284</p></td><td><p>£392,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,881,834</p></td><td><p>£2,464,073</p></td><td><p>£3,293,676</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>(1) </sup></em><em>During the preparation of an answer to an earlier PQ (206676), the SFO identified that this figure is incorrectly stated in their accounts and should be £1,568k. The original figure is given here for consistency.</em></p><p><em><sup>(2) </sup></em><em>The totals shown in this table are for contingent labour (excluding consultants). This total includes all other temporary staffing (including agency staff, interim managers and specialist contractors).</em></p><p><em><sup>(3) </sup></em><em>CPS Expenditure for 2009/10 relates to expenditure with consultancy firms for professional services and may include payments for services not covered by the Office of Government Commerce’s Consultancy Value Programme definition. </em></p><p> </p><p>Records are not held centrally of the number of individuals such employed during these years, the length of their contracts or their equivalent civil service salary band. To verify these details would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 16/12/2014 15:40:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168828

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Under this Government’s transparency programme, details of spend is published on GOV.UK which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills</a></p><p>To provide the level of detail requested in relation to contingent labour would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 12:00:01 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168830

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government's tough spending controls have helped ensure substantial reductions in central Government spend on consultancy and contingent labour. Our 2013/14 spend was an astonishing 57% lower than spend in 2009/10 in the last year of the previous Government.</p><p>Since the 2010 General Election, all use of contractors, consultants and temporary interims in my department has to be approved centrally. This was not the case under previous administrations.</p><p>Information on temporary staff and contingent labour expenditure for 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 16/12/2014 17:52:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168832

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Fraud and Administration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of (a) fraud and (b) error across government in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest audited fraud and error figures available are for 2012/13. During this year DWP reported £3.5 billion on benefits and pensions and HMRC reported £2.01 billion on tax credits. Reported fraud and error across the rest of central government was £70 million, however this figure does not include all arm’s length bodies. <br> <br> In 2011 this Government established the Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce to develop and coordinate the delivery of initiatives across government as previously no systematic attempt had been made. It has achieved significant improvements, including the appointment at Departmental board level of an accountable individual with responsibility for identifying and reducing fraud and error losses in their department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 15/12/2014 17:20:24 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168833

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government contracts of what value were allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises based in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>At the time of the last General Election there was no consistent monitoring of Government spend with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We have put in place a raft of policies to overhaul procurement, reduce bureaucracy and increase transparency. Our work has significantly increased the proportion of spend going to SMEs.</p><p>Information on Government contracts over £10,000 is now published on contracts finder. A new version on Contracts Finder will be launched shortly which will allow users to search by area.</p><p>The Government Digital Service publishes information on their supplier spend. This shows the success of our work to diversify our supplier base for digital technology and services. £189m of business through G-Cloud has gone to SMEs. See link: <a href="https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/image_data/file/28167/org-landscape-09.png" target="_blank">https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/image_data/file/28167/org-landscape-09.png</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 15/12/2014 17:21:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168846

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Spend on consultants, temporary staff, and contingent labour for each of the last five years is published monthly as part of the Workforce Management Information. These can be found at: <br></p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/hm-treasury-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/hm-treasury-workforce-management-information</a><br> <br> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management--2</a></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on how many people have been so employed; what length of contracts of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band was on which they were could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/12/2014 17:16:56 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168889

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department’s systems do not do not routinely hold this information and it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/12/2014 16:01:42 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168914

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	217774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s consultant and contingent labour information is collected and published on a monthly basis and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education</a></p><p>The Department does not hold this information on an annual basis, and compiling this information in the form requested would not be possible in the time available. The link provides management information on staff numbers and payroll costs in the Department, its agencies, Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Non-Departmental Public Body for the period 31 March 2011 to 27 November 2014. It includes workforce numbers, covering both payroll and non-payroll (contingent labour, including consultants) staff, split between full-time equivalents (FTE) and headcount. Payroll staff numbers are mapped to standard Civil Service grades.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the length of individual contracts of consultants and contingent labour in a readily available form and it would not be possible in the time available to complete an analysis of the data.</p><p>Temporary employees are those that have a fixed term contract of 12 months or less or are employed on a casual basis. The total number of temporary staff employed in the Department in each of last five years is shown in Table 1 with the grade band breakdown in Table 2.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Temporary staff employed in the Department</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>12 months to</p></td><td><p>Temporary staff (headcount)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Temporary staff by grade band</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>12 months to </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Temporary staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>EA</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>89</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:22:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
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