Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The Scotland Office makes use of other government contracts and is therefore not responsible for agency retainer fees. The costs of employing agency staff in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022 are shown below.
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
Agency Costs | £37,329 | £159,845 | £52,351 |