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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Recruitment

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 5533, tabled on 6 December 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.

Answered on

11 December 2023

The figures for financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22 have previously been provided in PQ 137042. The figure for 2022-23 has been updated to reflect the spend across the full financial year.

Financial Year

Spend (Ex VAT)

2020/2021

£116,358.67

2021/2022

£61,824.44

2022/2023

£64,731.76

Total

£242,914.87

External recruitment agencies and search firms are an important resource which support the Civil Service's ability to recruit - to find talented people, in the right places, with the right capabilities to deliver for the people of the United Kingdom. The Civil Service has developed a number of commercial frameworks which provide transparency, high quality services and value for money.

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