The following table lists the top five companies used by the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. TSol financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and the associated agency fee. TSol data also covers any expenditure incurred by HM Crown Prosecution service inspectorate and the Attorney General's Office.<\/p>
Firm<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount spent (net of VAT)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Resourcing Ltd (Staff)<\/p><\/td> £5,404,407<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kelly Services (UK) Ltd<\/p><\/td> £1,711,926<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Experis (Elan Computing Ltd)<\/p><\/td> £634,916<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hudson<\/p><\/td> £347,834<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Methods Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> £168,256<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent the following amounts with four companies during 2013/14 in relation to the provision of temporary workers. The expenditure includes the cost of temporary staff. It is not possible to separately identify the agency element of the payments.<\/p> Firm<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount spent (including VAT)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brook Street (UK) Limited<\/p><\/td> £99,423<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reed Employment Plc<\/p><\/td> £52,718<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Badenoch and Clark<\/p><\/td> £31,739<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hays Accountancy Personnel<\/p><\/td> £19,832<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system.<\/p> <\/p> The following table lists the top five companies used by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. SFO financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and any associated agency fee.<\/p> Firm<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount spent (including VAT)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Adecco<\/p><\/td> 942,075<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Alvarez and Marsal<\/p><\/td> 609,499<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Crowe Clarke Whitehill<\/p><\/td> 590,264<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mazars LLP<\/p><\/td> 567,627<\/p><\/td><\/tr> FTI Consultancy<\/p><\/td> 207,354<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for the Law Officers' Departments in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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