Pamela Nash – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pamela Nash on 2015-01-14.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
Andrea Leadsom
The department’s accounting system does not separately identify the recruitment agency fee element of an invoice, and this information could not be extracted within the disproportionate cost threshold.
Total agency fees for displaced or redundant staff for the past five years are as follows:
|
Financial Year |
£ |
|
2009/10 |
15,500 |
|
2010/11 |
9,100 |
|
2011/12 |
6,810 |
|
2012/13 |
4,883 |
|
2013/14 |
5,984 |
|
2014/15 (Apr to Dec) |
2,800 |
Total spend on learning and development in the department has reduced over the last six financial years as follows:
|
Financial Year |
Total staff training costs (£) |
|
2009-10 |
2,252,064 |
|
2010-11 |
1,157,750 |
|
2011-12 |
801,541 |
|
2012-13 |
646,470 |
|
2013-14 |
771,359 |
|
2014-15 (Apr to Dec) |
620,966 |
