Employment Agencies
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 29 October 2009
Grant Shapps (Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government; Welwyn Hatfield, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many agency staff were employed by (a) the Homes and Communities Agency, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (d) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (e) his Department in each of the last 12 months.
John Healey (Minister of State (Housing and Planning), Department for Communities and Local Government; Wentworth, Labour)
The tables show the number of agency staff employed by (b) the Tenants Services Authority, (c) the National Housing and Planning Unit, (d) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (e) Communities and Local Government in each of the last 12 months.
Figures for agency staff employed in each of the last 12 months by (a) the Homes and Community Agency are not available other than at disproportionate cost. Details of the average number of temporary staff they have employed will be published shortly in their annual report and accounts.
Tables showing agency staff employed in the last 12 months from October 2008 to September 2009
(a) Homes and Communities Agency
Figures for agency staff employed in each of the last 12 months by the Homes and Community Agency are not available other than at disproportionate cost. Details of the average number of temporary staff they have employed will be published shortly in their annual report and accounts.
(b) Tenants Services Authority
The TSA has provided figures for staff employed via a third party e.g. recruitment agency from
| Number of agency staff | |
| December 2008 | 19 |
| January 2009 | 19 |
| February 2009 | 25 |
| March 2009 | 23 |
| April 2009 | 19 |
| May 2009 | 19 |
| June 2009 | 18 |
| July 2009 | 19 |
| August 2009 | 18 |
| September 2009 | 16 |
| October 2009 | 15 |
| (c) National Housing and Planning Unit | |
| Number of agency staff | |
| October 2008 | 2 |
| November 2008 | 2 |
| December 2008 | 2 |
| January 2009 | 0 |
| February 2009 | 0 |
| March 2009 | 0 |
| April 2009 | 0 |
| May 2009 | 0 |
| June 2009 | 0 |
| July 2009 | 0 |
| August 2009 | 0 |
| September 2009 | 0 |
| (d) Homes and Communities Agency Academy | |
| Number of agency staff | |
| October 2008 | n/a |
| November 2008 | n/a |
| December 2008 | 1 |
| January 2009 | 1 |
| February 2009 | 1.8 |
| March 2009 | 1.8 |
| April 2009 | 1.8 |
| May 2009 | 1.8 |
| June 2009 | 1.8 |
| July 2009 | 2 |
| August 2009 | 2 |
| September 2009 | 2 |
| (e) Communities and Local Government | |
| Number of agency staff | |
| October 2008 | 155 |
| November 2008 | 155 |
| December 2008 | 178 |
| January 2009 | 163 |
| February 2009 | 161 |
| March 2009 | 161 |
| April 2009 | 162 |
| May 2009 | 160 |
| June 2009 | 156 |
| July 2009 | 153 |
| August 2009 | 138 |
| September 2009 | 116 |