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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505603/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to regional airports. They are key to serving our local communities, supporting thousands of jobs in the regions, and they act as a key gateway to international opportunities. While the UK Government supports airports, it does not own or operate them.<\/p><p>The Minister for Aviation recognises the importance of Doncaster Sheffield Airport to the region and has made clear in meetings both with the South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and the Peel Group the Government\u2019s desire to see a viable aviation future for the airport. The Minister has urged Mayor Coppard to work with all parties to find a locally led solution to preserve aviation at Doncaster-Sheffield Airport.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1505604/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to regional airports. They are key to serving our local communities, supporting thousands of jobs in the regions, and they act as a key gateway to international opportunities. While the UK Government supports airports, it does not own or operate them.<\/p><p>The Minister for Aviation recognises the importance of Doncaster Sheffield Airport to the region and has made clear in meetings both with the South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and the Peel Group the Government\u2019s desire to see a viable aviation future for the airport. The Minister has urged Mayor Coppard to work with all parties to find a locally led solution to preserve aviation at Doncaster-Sheffield Airport.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on finding investors for Doncaster Sheffield Airport.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491447", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491447/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department\u2019s 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 \u2018Staff costs\u2019. Agency spend is shown as financial years in the \u2018Wages and Salaries\u2019 line under the \u2018Others\u2019 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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4839", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Hunt"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Hunt"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-06T14:45:24.95Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
      ], "uin" : "41935"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491448", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491448/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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\u2019s RM3749, \u2018Public Sector Resourcing\u2019 and RM6160, \u2018Non Clinical and Temporary Fixed Term Staff\u2019.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4361", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Warman"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Boston and Skegness"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matt Warman"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-05T15:13:25.3Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
      ], "uin" : "41936"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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\u2019s 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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Education: Agency Workers"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491450", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491450/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>(a) agency workers<\/p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as \u201ccontingent labour\u201d or \u201ctemporary workers\u201d) 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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4401", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Prentis"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Prentis"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agency Workers"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
      ], "uin" : "41938"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491451", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491451/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4635", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Eddie Hughes"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Eddie Hughes"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-07T09:01:21.35Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "211"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Agency Workers"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491453", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491453/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department\u2019s published figures in the Department\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u201cContingent Labour\u201d or \u201cTemporary Workers\u201d) 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>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491454/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>(a) Agency workers (more commonly referred to as \u201cContingent Labour\u201d or \u201cTemporary Workers\u201d) 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>"}
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