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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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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been disbursed in compensation for the carbon price floor in each month since April 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/47122/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Different apprenticeship programmes operate in England and Scotland. Doug Richard's Review focused on English apprenticeships and he made a number of recommendations to make the programme more rigorous and responsive to employers' needs. The Government accepted the Richard Review principles and set out its apprenticeship reform programme in the October 2013 Implementation Plan.<\/p> <\/p> The reforms include employers developing new apprenticeship standards, requiring employers to co-invest, putting the Government funding for the external training and assessment of apprentices in the hands of their employers and setting maximum Government contribution levels. With direct access to funding, employers will be able to negotiate a price for the training with their provider, and this means it is not possible in advance of the reforms to say what the costs of training apprentices in specific occupations will be.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Maritime sector has a long tradition of apprenticeships which we wish to continue. English apprenticeships are currently available for Maritime occupations and employers in the sector are currently designing a new apprenticeship standard for ratings as part of our Phase 2 Trailblazer programme.<\/p> <\/p> The Government has recognised through Alternative Completion Conditions Regulations that, in some maritime occupations, apprentices may be trainees rather than employees. The apprenticeships funding reform technical consultation is open until 1 May 2014 and this includes a question about how, or to what extent, the new funding principles and mechanism can be applied to non-employed apprentices.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reform of apprenticeships resulting from the Richard Review on the cost of training new (a) ratings and (b) officer cadets in the maritime industry; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make personal debt charged at an APR of over 30 per cent unrecoverable; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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