Question to the Department for Transport:

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

The five companies used most often to provide temporary workers to Department for Transport were:

Badenoch and Clark

Capita

Networkers

Spring Technology

Michael Page

We are unable to provide the amount in fees paid to each Supplier as this information is not recorded. The cost of a temporary worker is provided as a total daily rate which is inclusive of Supplier fees.