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<p /> <p><strong>Spend on consultants, temporary staff and contingent labour over
the last 5 years: </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Consultants</strong></p></td><td><p>£27,554,654</p></td><td><p>£11,267,277</p></td><td><p>£6,507,648</p></td><td><p>£12,650,325</p></td><td><p>£11,662,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Temporary
Staff*</strong></p></td><td><p>£22,179,497</p></td><td><p>£2,448,477</p></td><td><p>£1,272,341</p></td><td><p>£19,038,479</p></td><td><p>£6,710,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Contingent
Labour</strong></p></td><td><p>£63,155,793</p></td><td><p>£30,277,388</p></td><td><p>£10,913,144</p></td><td><p>£14,459,590</p></td><td><p>£12,995,091</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>*Temporary Staff includes Casuals and Fixed Term Appointments employed for
less than 12 months only.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on consultancy, contingent labour and
temporary staff reduced in 2011/12 as the Cabinet Office Spend Controls introduced
by the coalition government in May 2010 took effect. Whilst these controls are still
being applied spend in these areas has since increased in response to the need for
specialist external support to meet the demands of DWP major change programmes such
as UC and PIP, and in response to business needs for temporary staff mainly in Operations.</p><p>
</p><p>All requests for the recruitment of temporary staff are subject to recruitment
freeze dispensations and are subject to Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong>Number of consultants, temporary staff and contingent labour
employed, length of contract and equivalent civil service salary:</strong></p><p>
</p><p>Consultants:</p><p> </p><p>Consultants are not engaged on an individual basis.
Consultancy services are delivered by a consultancy company which deploys resource
according to the requirements of the engagement. Extracting data on the length of
engagement of each consultant would be at disproportionate cost. Consultants do not
have an equivalent civil service salary band.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary Staff:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31 March
2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31 March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As
at </strong><strong>31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31
March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31 March 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band
A/AA</strong></p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band B/AO</strong></p></td><td><p>2,333</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>993</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band
C/EO</strong></p></td><td><p>922</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band
D/HEO</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band
E/SEO</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band F/G7</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Band G/G6</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other/Not
Known</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>3,454</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>1,071</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The above figures are for temporary staff engaged for less than 12 months only.
No further breakdown of the length of engagement is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31 March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As
at </strong><strong>31 March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31
March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As at </strong><strong>31 March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>As
at </strong><strong>31 March 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Contingent
Labour</strong></p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>We are unable to extract data on the length of engagement of each contingent
labour worker or the equivalent civil service salary band as this would be at disproportionate
cost.</p>
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