Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on recruitment in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
DfT recruitment expenditure per financial year:
| (a) Financial year 2016/2017 | (b) Financial year 2017/2018 | (c) Financial year 2018/2019 to date |
Department for Transport recruitment expenditure | £2.2 million | £1.5 million | £1.7 million |
The data provided covers the central Department for Transport.
The recorded expenditure is per financial year and includes costs for standard recruitment only (not contingent labour) and covers service delivery (excluding cost of staff), advertising and fees only.