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<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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