Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers
(asked on 21st July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The Department has spent the following on both agency workers and agency retainer fees through contracts in the past 3 calendar years. Values are exclusive of VAT.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022* |
Agency Worker | £8,403,206.79 | £8,428,918.79 | £4,269,004.52 |
Agency Retainer Fee | £0 | £0 | £0 |
*These figures are taken from 1 January 2022 - 24 August 2022 (to date).
The Department engages contingent labour through Crown Commercial Services Framework’s RM3749, ‘Public Sector Resourcing’ and RM6160, ‘Non Clinical and Temporary Fixed Term Staff’.