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<p /> <p>The department has used employment or recruitment agencies to:</p><p> </p><p>a)
provide services for DWP under a commercial arrangement (contingent labour), and</p><p>b)
support recruitment exercises; identifying people with the skills and experience required
to take up permanent employment in the department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information
held by the department on the use of employment or recruitment agencies to provide
contingent labour workers is incomplete for 2014. The following table provides information
for the preceding 4 years and a partial view for 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department also has information on the number
of permanent DWP employees recruited through the use of employment or recruitment
agencies and this is as follows:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15¹</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note:</p><p>¹ To date</p>
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