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<p>We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline
services, where they can offer a fast, flexible and efficient way of providing skills
not currently available in-house.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the department’s
staff agency workers either covering operational uniformed staff of clerical agency
staff is displayed in the following table. Data prior to 2011/12 is not available.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year-end date</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Operational
Uniformed Staff</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Clerical agency staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>1.92%</p></td><td><p>0.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>2.03%</p></td><td><p>0.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2014</p></td><td><p>3.17%</p></td><td><p>1.14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2015</p></td><td><p>4.61%</p></td><td><p>1.61%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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