Disclosure Scotland spend on recruitment agencies in 2022-2023: FOI release

Information requested

Information about Agency staff spending.

1a. Please advise the total spend on recruitment agencies in the 2022-2023 financial year?

1b. Please breakdown both spend on the agency that finds candidates for job vacancies and agencies that supply temporary staff?

2. Please advise what the temporary agency spend for admin, call centre, data processing and clerical roles in the 2022-2023 financial year?

3. Please advise what the temporary agency spend for roles such as warehouse, catering and cleaners in the 2022-2023 financial year?

4. Please advise what the permanent agency spend has been in the 2022-2023 financial year?

Response

1a. Please advise the total spend on recruitment agencies in the 2022-2023 financial year?

The total spend on recruitment agencies in the financial year 2022-2023 is £9,181,764.43. This includes salaries, VAT and agency fees along with recruitment costs.

1b. Please breakdown both spend on the agency that finds candidates for job vacancies and agencies that supply temporary staff?

FY 2022-23
Company Name	Gross Amount
Abraxor Ltd	£96,180.00	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Amigoco	£252,211.20	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
ASA Recruitment	£954,451.55	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
BNS Cyber	£203,385.00	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Calba	£315,917.00	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Experis	£129,600.00	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Harvey Nash	£1,766,109.97	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Lorien	£1,790,480.30	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
People Source	£637,366.68	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Scott Logic	£90,389.24	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Venesky-Brown	£1,992,439.80	Contractor Staff	Temp Staff
Pertemps	£929,130.09	Agency Staff	Temp Staff
TOTAL	£9,157,660.83
Capita Resourcing Ltd	£3,680.35	Company carries out assessments for external job adverts and interviews of candidates
Code Clan	£20,423.25	Recruitment of Digital Staff
GRAND TOTAL	£9,181,764.43

2. Please advise what the temporary agency spend for admin, call centre, data processing and clerical roles in the 2022-2023 financial year?

As included in the table above:

Pertemps

£929,130.09

Agency Staff

Temp Staff

3. Please advise what the temporary agency spend for roles such as warehouse, catering and cleaners in the 2022-2023 financial year?

£nil

4. Please advise what the permanent agency spend has been in the 2022-2023 financial year?

£nil

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