Use of agency staff

You asked

Please provide the following information:

Does your organisation use agencies? Yes or No?

If Yes, can you provide the following:

• Staff Lead Name & Position
• Contact telephone DD
• Contact email

Does your organisation have a centralised temporary staff booking team? Yes or No?

If Yes, which categories does it book for?

• Admin & Clerical
  Staff Lead Name & Position
  Contact telephone DD
  Contact email
  

• Corporate Functions
  Staff Lead Name & Position
  Contact telephone DD
  Contact email
  

• Ancillary Functions
  Staff Lead Name & Position
  Contact telephone DD
  Contact email
  

• IT Professionals
  Staff Lead Name & Position
  Contact telephone DD
  Contact email
  

• Legal Supply
  Staff Lead Name & Position
  Contact telephone DD
  Contact email
  

Some (Please specify which)

If No, please provide a list of all departmental heads responsible for booking temporary staff

Who is your Head of Procurement and who is your Senior Buyer/Category Manager in your organisation responsible for overseeing HR/Agency procurement?

Please also provide their contact telephone DD and email addresses.

Please can you provide your total annual agency spend for 2017/18

Please can you provide your annual agency spend for 2017/18 for each of the following staffing categories?:

• Admin & Clerical
• Corporate Functions
• Ancillary Functions
• IT Professionals
• Legal Supply

We said

Thank you for your request.

Does your organisation use agencies?

Yes - we have a Contingent Labour team that manages agency recruitment

The manager of the Contingent Labour team is:

Paul Cudmore
Head of Recruitment
(0)845 601 3034
info@ons.gov.uk

Does your organisation have a centralised temporary staff booking team? Yes or No?

Yes, we have a Contingent Labour team that manages agency recruitment for:

Admin & Clerical
Corporate Functions
IT Professionals

The manager of the Contingent Labour team is:

Paul Cudmore
Head of Recruitment < br> (0)845 601 3034
info@ons.gov.uk

Who is your Head of Procurement and who is your Senior Buyer/Category Manager in your organisation responsible for overseeing HR/Agency procurement?

Darren Bone
Commercial Director
(0)845 601 3034
info@ons.gov.uk

Please also provide their contact telephone DD and email addresses.

Roger Crowley
Head of Commercial (Professional Services)
(0)845 601 3034
info@ons.gov.uk

Please can you provide your total annual agency spend for 2017/18

Our total agency spend in 2017/18 was £18,342,068.89

Please note that this represents what was invoiced during financial year 2017/18, there may be some discrepancy between this and what is reflected in the accounts, which include any manual accruals or adjustments that may have been made.

This figure does not include consultants or outsourced service providers.

Please can you provide your annual agency spend for 2017/18 for each of the following staffing categories?:

We do not distinguish between the categories of spend and are therefore do not hold this breakdown.

Please note, we have withheld direct contact details for staff due the impact on the individual.