Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department publishes details of consultancy and professional services spending on an annual basis, in the Annual Report and Accounts. Due to the categorisation of spend within Department systems, it is not possible to extrapolate consultancy spend specifically in relation to recruitment activity. However, a total of £233,056.01 (excluding VAT) has been identified as spend on external recruitment consultants within the last three years, broken down as follows:
Financial Year | Spend (Ex VAT) |
2020/2021 | £116,358.67 |
2021/2022 | £61,824.44 |
2022/2023 (to 31 January 2023) | £54,872.90 |
Total | £233,056.01 |
This spending relates to external consultancy support, engaged by the Department, for the recruitment of substantive Civil Servants at delegated grades, Senior Civil Servants and Board Members, and excludes the recruitment and delivery of Apprenticeship schemes, and contingent labour workers.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
The total cost of support from external recruitment consultants for 2020, 2021 and 2022 was £648,408.47. This covers support for recruiting substantive civil servants at delegated grades and Senior Civil Servants (SCS) grades and Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), at the Department for International Trade and UK Export Finance.
Recruitment consultant support is used when the department is looking to recruit for roles that require a specialised or senior skillset to ensure we maximise our reach, and to help attract external candidates.
Year | Total Spend |
20/21 | £183,480.00 |
21/22 | £161,970.70 |
22/23 year to date 31/01/23 | £302,957.77 |
Total | £648,408.47 |
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
In 2022, the FCDO spent £49,599 on agencies to support the recruitment of UK specialist resource. The spend for 2021 was £79,332; and for 2020 was £120,659.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Alister Jack - Secretary of State for Scotland
The Scotland Office has not spent money on headhunters in any of the last three years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has spent nothing on headhunters in the last three years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
This information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, how much her office has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons has not incurred headhunter costs in any of the last three financial years.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on head-hunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
There has been no spend on headhunters by the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last three years.