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1491447

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date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Agency Staff spend is published annually in BEIS Annual Report and Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">here</a> under note 3 ‘Staff costs’. Agency spend is shown as financial years in the ‘Wages and Salaries’ line under the ‘Others’ column, representing non-permanent core BEIS staff. Annual spend on Agency spend is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.</p><p> </p><p>Spend relating to financial year 2021-22 will be published later this year. BEIS Annual Report and Accounts are laid in Parliament once they have been certified by the Comptroller &amp; Auditor General (C&amp;AG).</p><p> </p><p>We do not pay agency retainers as our policy is only to use Crown Commercial Framework contracts.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:45:24 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491448

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following on both agency workers and agency retainer fees through contracts in the past 3 calendar years. Values are exclusive of VAT.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agency Worker</p></td><td><p>£8,403,206.79</p></td><td><p>£8,428,918.79</p></td><td><p>£4,269,004.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agency Retainer Fee</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*These figures are taken from 1 January 2022 - 24 August 2022 (to date). </em></p><p>The Department engages contingent labour through Crown Commercial Services Framework’s RM3749, ‘Public Sector Resourcing’ and RM6160, ‘Non Clinical and Temporary Fixed Term Staff’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/09/2022 15:13:25 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491449

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The department does not separate the costs of agency workers, contingent labour, or any associated agency retainer fees in our accounts. A breakdown could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The cost of contingent labour (including agency workers) is published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a>. Figures for the 2021/22 financial year are included, although the audit is still ongoing and this value may be subject to change.</p><p>The figures below cover the entirety of the Departmental Group, including Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies, for the years specified:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contingent Labour &amp; Agency Fees (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£30.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£32.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 (subject to audit)</p></td><td><p>£39.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 08:36:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491450

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>(a) agency workers</p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “contingent labour” or “temporary workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on contingent labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing.</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a></p><p> </p><p>This provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full timesheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a></p><p> </p><p>This provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>(b) agency retainer fees</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service. This is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p> </p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p><p>There is no recorded expenditure on agency retainer fees.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/09/2022 14:49:50 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491451

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Please see below the figures for Agency staff spend</p><p><br>2020 - £4,203,377.57<br>2021 - £7,785,868.09<br>2022 - £2,369,262.08</p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service; this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post. Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p>The department does not separate the costs of agency workers, contingent labour, or associated agency retainer fees in our accounts. A breakdown could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 07/09/2022 09:01:21 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491453

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s published figures in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts includes the total contingent labour expenditure figures for the core Department and its Executive Agencies. These numbers are available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the total spend on contingent labour</p><p>for DVSA, covering financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21, as these figures are not included in the total Departmental contingent labour expenditure published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for those years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing. <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a></p><p>This provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full timesheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a></p><p>This provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/09/2022 10:30:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491454

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>(a) Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">Contingent Labour Spend Control - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">Annual Reports and Accounts for Central Government Departments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing.</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">Public Sector Resourcing - CCS (crowncommercial.gov.uk)</a> - This provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full time sheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff.</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff - CCS (crowncommercial.gov.uk)</a> - This provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p> answering member constituency Hertford and Stortford answering member printed Julie Marson question first answered 08/09/2022 16:52:03 answering member 4768 label Biography information for Julie Marson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491462

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows Departmental expenditure on temporary and agency staff in 2020/21 and 2019/20. This includes agency retainer fees which are not recorded separately. Fully audited data for 2021-22 will be available later this year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£542,021,000</p></td><td><p>£14,842,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/09/2022 11:30:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491465

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>A - Agency workers:</p><p> </p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. This framework can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a>, which provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full time sheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a>, which provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency workers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>783,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,029,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (up to June)</p></td><td><p>289,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>B - Agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p> </p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>117,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>165,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The vast majority of HM Treasury’s agency retainer fees relate to the setup of the UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:24:53 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491468

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p>The Department maintains a central record of overall expenditure on Contingent Labour and discloses this expenditure as part of our Annual Report and Accounts (ARAc) and for ease of reference the values reported in the financial years covering the requested years are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£483.318 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£418.950 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£272.385 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p> </p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 07/09/2022 08:53:28 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett