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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Attorney General, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for the Law Officers’ Departments in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.

Oliver Heald

The following table lists the top five companies used by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol), to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. TSol financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and the associated agency fee. TSol data also covers any expenditure incurred by HM Crown Prosecution service inspectorate and the Attorney General’s Office.

Firm	Amount spent (net of VAT)
Capita Resourcing Ltd (Staff)	£5,404,407
Kelly Services (UK) Ltd	£1,711,926
Experis (Elan Computing Ltd)	£634,916
Hudson	£347,834
Methods Consulting Ltd	£168,256

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent the following amounts with four companies during 2013/14 in relation to the provision of temporary workers. The expenditure includes the cost of temporary staff. It is not possible to separately identify the agency element of the payments.

Firm	Amount spent (including VAT)
Brook Street (UK) Limited	£99,423
Reed Employment Plc	£52,718
Badenoch and Clark	£31,739
Hays Accountancy Personnel	£19,832

This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system.

The following table lists the top five companies used by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to provide temporary workers in 2013-14, by expenditure. SFO financial systems do not distinguish between the costs of temporary workers and any associated agency fee.

Firm	Amount spent (including VAT)
Adecco	942,075
Alvarez and Marsal	609,499
Crowe Clarke Whitehill	590,264
Mazars LLP	567,627
FTI Consultancy	207,354

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

Dan Rogerson

The table sets out the information requested for core Defra in respect of 2012-13, the last financial year for which audited information is available. Audited information for 2013-14 will be available in July 2014.

Companies	Spending 2012/13	Average Agency Fees paid
Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd	£856,348	£62,257 (7.2%)
Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd	£628,832	£113,189 (18%)
Acadent Ltd	£454,521	Not available
Michael Page International	£202,948	£23,521 (11.59%)
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd	£182,634	£21,167 (11.59%)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Attorney General, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by the Law Officers’ Departments in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Oliver Heald

In 2013-14 Professor Shute was paid £2,286.30 and Dr Tapley was paid £1,735.70 for consultancy services to HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). There has been no other consultancy spend within that financial year by HMCPSI, the Treasury Solicitor’s Department or the Attorney General’s Office.

The two companies listed below are the only organisations to have been paid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for consultancy work during the last financial year.

SCC £32,316

CIO Partnership Ltd £2,100

Inaddition, two individuals carried out consultancy work for the SFO. The total amount paid for this work was £13,812

The table below details payments made by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consultancy firms during the last financial year.

Evolve Business Consultancy	£74,319
Saville Consulting UK Ltd Surrey	£22,008
Triad Group Plc Surrey	£19,260
Deloitte LLP Milton Keynes	£9,661
Hay Group Management Limited	£7,200
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd	£6,398
ASE Consulting Ltd Lancashire	£4,995
Enquin Enviromental Ltd Cardiff	£4,110
HR Lounge Ltd London Total	£3,180
Long and Partners Commissioning Consultancy Ltd	£2,010

This information has been produced from the CPS accounting system, analysing spend against account codes for consultancy and professional services. Expenditure may include some payments for services not covered by the Crown Commercial Service Consultancy Value Programme definition of consultancy but provided by companies categorised as a consultancy firm. Excluded are payments for professional services supplied by third parties not classified as a consultancy firm such as employment agencies, training providers, solicitors, ICT managed service suppliers and freelance consultants engaged directly by the department.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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.

Mr David Lidington

All contingent labour (provision of temporary workers) procured by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is provided by Hayes Specialist Recruitment. In the last financial year (2013/14) £476,000 was paid to Hays in agency fees.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.

Jenny Willott

Under this Government’s transparency programme, details of spend are published on GOV.UK which are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills

To provide the level of detail requested in relation to agency fees would incur disproportionate cost.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Mr David Lidington

For the past financial year (2013-2014) the 10 organisations paid most by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for consultancy and the associated spend figures were as follows: ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION & DEVELOPMENT (OECD) £285,579.00 DLA PIPER UK LLP £148,283.34 CBRE LTD £103,412.14 FIELD FISHER WATERHOUSE £52,940.75 FONNEGRA GERLEIN S.A £50,745.43 SAMSON AND MCGRATH £34,136.41 ACCENTURE (UK) LTD £29,892.00 DTZ CONSULTING AND RESEARCH £28,700.00 HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP £26,153.81 HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS £21,061.27

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Jenny Willott

Under this Government’s transparency programme, details of spend are published on GOV.UK which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by her Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Karen Bradley

Information on the 10 consultancy firms that were paid the most by the Home Department for the last financial year and how much each of those firms were paid is set out in the table below:

Supplier Name	Total Cost/Value
1. DETICA LTD	£7,220,985
2. PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD	£6,084,558
3. ERNST AND YOUNG LLP	£2,575,080
4. KPMG LLP	£2,259,099
5. DELOITTE	£855,360
6. PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP	£676,871
7. BROADCASTING SUPPORT SERVICES	£387,268
8. X-NET	£298,407
9. ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED	£94,262
10. iO1 LTD	£45,704

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.

Mr Francis Maude

The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.

Before the last General Election, including for the entire period while the Hon. Member was a minister in this very department, there were no effective cross-Governmental controls on consultancy spend. Nor were spending controls exercised on other areas such as procurement, advertising and marketing, and IT spend.

That’s all changed and ministers – supported by Cabinet Office officials – now closely scrutinise what we spend on consultants and temporary labour. Departments saved over £1billion in 2012-13 (the last year for which we have audited figures) compared to the spending levels in the final year of the last administration, 2009-10. This helped us save taxpayers £10 billion in 2012-13 against a 2009-10 baseline.

We will continue to spend money on consultants and temporary labour when there is an appropriate business need to do so. Indeed in some cases engaging temporary labour is more flexible and cheaper for the taxpayer than taking on new staff. But we are also ensuring that the Civil Service has the skills needed. Our Capabilities Plan is designed to address long-standing gaps in four particular areas: digital skills, project management skills, commercial skills, and the leadership and management of change.

We publish all spend data over £25,000 and contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts Finder.