Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contractors currently employed by his Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.

The Cabinet Office utilises contingent labour to supply specialist skills and capability not readily available within the Civil Service. 13 contractors currently engaged by the Cabinet Office receive £1000 or more per day.

13 contractors currently engaged by the Cabinet Office receive £1000 or more per day. Out of these, nine are deployed to work on departmental transformation projects in other government departments; three have been engaged for 1-2 months; and one has been engaged for 14 months.

Additional information about the numbers and costs of contingent labour working in the Cabinet Office (including temporary staff) is published monthly and 2017/18 statistics are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2017-to-2018.