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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Recruitment

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 5535, tabled on 6 December 2023

Question

Jonathan Ashworth
Labour
Leicester South
Commons

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

Answer

Amanda Solloway
Conservative
Derby North
Commons

Answered on

11 December 2023

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero did not exist as a separate department for the years in question. It is not possible to split the value of external recruitment consultants from the rest of the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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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