Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
Esther McVey
Information requested is as follows:
a) Recruitment agency fees
|
£ |
Spend on recruitment agency fees |
|
2009/10 |
457,498 |
|
2010/11 |
3,944 |
|
2011/12 |
0 |
|
2012/13 ¹ |
394,511 |
|
2013/14 ¹ |
362,616 |
¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.
Data excludes NDPBs
b) Outplacement agency fees
|
£ |
Spend on outplacement agency fees |
Outplacement support provided (heads) |
|
2009/10 |
-¹ |
|
|
2010/11 |
-¹ |
|
|
2011/12 |
32,100 |
1275 |
|
2012/13 ² |
16,950 |
813 |
|
2013/14 ² |
2,235 |
4397 |
Outplacement agency fees are for displaced or redundant staff for all grades. This includes:
i) outreach services procured directly by the department; and
ii) outplacement services procured via Civil Service Resourcing’s Outplacement Services Framework contract, which has been in place since January 2014.
It does not include Department’s in house outplacement activity or the outplacement services delivered by Civil Service Resourcing’s Career Transition Service (CTS).
¹ The spend on outplacement agency fees is not available for 2009/10 and 2010/11.
² Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.
Data excludes NDPBs
c) Staff training costs
|
£ |
Spend on staff training costs |
Average headcount |
£ per head |
|
2009/10 |
19,920,326 |
117,425 |
169.64 |
|
2010/11 |
10,219,848 |
114,449 |
89.30 |
|
2011/12 |
6,599,138 |
103,094 |
64.01 |
|
2012/13 ¹ |
8,613,543 |
98,295 |
87.63 |
|
2013/14 ¹ |
9,421,756 |
95,287 |
98.88 |
¹ Includes Child Maintenance Group expenditure which joined DWP in August 2012.
Data excludes NDPBs
