FOI ref: FOI/2023/4897
You asked
Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month period recorded:
1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary non-medical non-clinical staff?
1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non clinical temporary staff?
1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism
2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent non-medical non-clinical staff?
2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on non-medical non clinical permanent staff?
2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism
3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical non clinical permanent recruitment?
4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with non-medical non clinical temporary recruitment?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
There are two different types of temporary recruitment:
1. Using an agency for the sourcing and supply of a candidate then employed directly by the ONS for which a placement fee is paid to the agency. The candidate is paid by ONS throughout the contract.
2. Using an agency to supply contingent labour, who work on temporary assignment with ONS, but remain contracted with, and paid by, the agency.
Please see the following answers to your queries:
Q1. Yes, we have used agencies to recruit temporary non-medical non-clinical staff.
Q1a. Total contingent labour spend in the 12 months from February 2022 to January 2023 was £28,583,584.47.
Please note, 'contingent labour' consists of both contractors and agency staff.
We do not hold finder fees for temporary staff who were employed by ONS because for accounting purposes, as they are absorbed in general agency fees.
Q1b. This information is not held. Contingent labour spend is not recorded against job titles/specialism on our systems, but is allocated by business area and programme employing the contingent labour.
Q2. Yes
Q2a. £18,518.16
Q2b. All placed in Digital Services and Technology
Q3 and 4.
The names of staff members are exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Our central recruitment email address is ons.resourcing@ons.gov.uk.