Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for her Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.

My Department used four companies to provide temporary workers during the 13/14 financial year; their names and the amounts paid to them for the provision of temporary staff are listed below:

G4S - £236,685

Premier People - £63,513

Hays - £22,742

Networkers International - £5,189