Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 April 2004. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 April 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost of recruitment of civil servants for the Department was in each financial year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) delegated or contracted out recruitment procedures and (b) recruitment procedures carried out by the Department. - Inc table.

Answer: Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost of recruitment of civil servants for the Department was in each financial year since 1996-97, broken down by (a) delegated or contracted out recruitment procedures and (b) recruitment procedures carried out by the Department. [158189] Mr. Charles Clarke: The Department was established in June 2001. Information is available for the first full financial year of 2002/03. The figures below include Senior Civil Service recruitment. (£000) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Cost of delegated or contracted out Cost of recruitment procedures carried out recruitment by the Department 2002/03 916,602.71 76,046.52 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 158189; 420 c513W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Contracts Costs Government departments Recruitment Department for Education and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk