Tag: Chris Leslie

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.

Mrs Helen Grant

The 10 professional services firms that were paid the most in 2013/14 are listed in the table below:

Supplier Name	Total paid in 2013-14 (£)
KPMG LLP	1,934,209.35
Pinsent Masons	950,789.80
Local Partnerships	429,919.24
Grant Thornton UK LLP	401,867.88
Regeneris Consulting Ltd	75,187.00
Andrew Dumbreck Media Limited	62,165.60
National Centre for Social Research	70,732.00
Deloitte (LLP No 2 a/c)	49,480.00
CLAS Co-operative Ltd	29,820.00
SQW Limited	29,413.00

These are unaudited figures from the Department’s financials systems, net of recoverable VAT. The department uses professional services firms for a variety of purposes. In addition to consultancy services, they include expenditure on external legal support and advice on programmes, research fieldwork, evaluation, specialist technical advice and the provision of interim managers. Legal services from the Treasury Solicitors and providers of recruitment services have been excluded in order to arrive at a list of firms that are predominantly providers of consultancy.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.

Anna Soubry

The Ministry of Defence uses a process called “manpower substitution” to engage temporary staff at agreed fixed rates on a national basis through a number of contracts. Manpower substitutes are employed for up to 11 months to fill vacant, funded posts. The majority are brought in to fill medical and dental requirements at military medical centres to cover for military positions that are vacant due to deployment into operational theatre. This enables the medical services to continue to provide the best possible care to members of the Armed Forces.

The five companies most frequently used by the Ministry of Defence in Financial Year 2013-14 to provide temporary workers, and the associated fees paid to each, are presented in the following table:

Company	Type of worker	Number of Temporary Workers	Fees Paid
HoneyBee	Medical & Dental	790	£3.46m
CastleRock Ltd	Medical & Dental	490	£2.61m
Capita Resourcing	Interim Professionals	320	£2.07m
Hayes	Medical & Dental	190	£0.59m
Reed	Clerical & Admin	160	£0.11m

The figures provided for Capita Resourcing cover the period from April 2013 to March 2014. All other data cover the period April 2013 to February 2014. Data is extracted from the MOD’s centralised Manpower Substitution Service database and does not include any localised arrangements that individual Top Level Budget holders may have with other companies.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.

Anna Soubry

The top ten companies which provided external assistance to the Ministry of Defence in financial year 2012-13 are listed in the attached table.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.

Elizabeth Truss

Under this Government’s transparency programme, details of spend for the Department for Education are published on gov.uk which are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-education

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 Education, 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.

Elizabeth Truss

Under this Government’s transparency programme, details of spend is published on gov.uk which is available at: http://data.gov.uk/data/openspending-report/index

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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.

Gregory Barker

The Table below details the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s consultancy expenditure in 2013-14:

2013-14	£k
KPMG LLP	2,340
Lazard & Co Ltd	1,940
Deloitte LLP	855
Baringa Partners LLP	238
Mott Macdonald Group Ltd	91
Redpoint Energy Ltd	91
Poyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd	61
Oxera Consulting Ltd	60
Cambridge Economic Policy Associates	55
E S P Consulting	48

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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.

Gregory Barker

The Table below details the companies used and the total amounts paid to them in the last financial year. We are unable to identify separately the amounts retained by the companies as fees and the amounts passed on to the temporary worker by the company.

Agency	2013-14
	£k
Adecco UK Ltd	1,162
Michael Page International Recruitment Ltd	533
Methods Consulting Ltd	517
Parity Resources Ltd	461
Allen Lane Ltd	406

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 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Dan Rogerson

This table sets out the information requested in respect of 2012-13, the last financial year for which audited information is available. Information relating to 2013-14 will be available in July 2014, once the Department’s accounts for the year have been audited and published. The figures relate to the Core Department.

Consultancy firm	Amount paid in 2012-13 (£)
Ernst and Young	1,012,378
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	587,922
Local Partnerships	152,226
KPMG	118,351
Bureau Veritas UK Ltd.	105,185
Baker Tilly	101,925
ADAS UK Ltd.	99,138
GHK Consulting Ltd.	71,424
Resource Decisions Ltd.	64,800
Temple Group Ltd.	44,380

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%)