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<p>During 2016/17 no requests for consultancy or temporary staff for the Crown Prosecution
Service (CPS) have been considered by a ‘resource board’.</p><p>The SFO also does
not approve any expenditure for consultants or temporary workers via a resource board.</p><p>The
Government Legal Department (GLD) engages temporary staff through Civil Service contractual
arrangements to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal
and support skills that are not available in-house. It does not use a resource board
to approve this form of appointments. Rather, the department’s annual budget for staffing
is agreed each year by the GLD Board and formal delegations are made to individual
budget holders who then have responsibility for the recruitment and deployment of
staff (including temporary staff, where appropriate) within central guidelines. The
approval mechanism for consultancy spend at the GLD is not via a resources board although
a request for consultancy would need to be accompanied by a business justification.
However, there was no consultancy spend in GLD during the last financial year.</p><p>The
AGO have not employed any consultancy or agency staff during 2016/17.</p><p>Her Majesty’s
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) discusses and authorises all requests
for consultants or temporary staff at their strategic board.</p>
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