Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Monday, 5 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 December 2005. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Agency Staff

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the costs of (a) temporary and agency staff and (b) consultants fall within (i) gross administration costs and (ii) staff costs as referred to on page 12 of the Resource Accounts 2004–05.

Answer: The treatment of such costs in the Department's Resource Accounts follows standard Government accounting conventions. The cost of temporary and agency staff fall within both gross administration costs and staff costs. The costs of consultants may be charged to either gross administration costs or programmes depending on the nature of the work on which they are engaged. Where consultants are charged to administration costs, they are treated outside staff costs.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 35613; 440 c1688-9W;440 c1688-9W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Costs Consultants Temporary employment Department for Education and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk