Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales spent the following on agency workers in the year 2020, 2021 and 2022.

We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed-term post.

Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.