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Thank you for your request.
I will investigate to ascertain whether WCG holds this information. Where
this information is held by WCG it will be assessed for applicable
exemptions in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
WCG has twenty working days within which to respond to you with the
information or a refusal notice. This means the deadline date for WCG's
response is 8th May 2020.
I will be in touch again shortly.
Kind regards
MRS LYNDA CROSS
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FINANCE & RESOURCES
WCG

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Dear Mr Simmonds
I apologise for the delay in responding to your request for information.
The response by Warwickshire College Group (WCG) should have been
published yesterday on Monday 11th May 2020, which was the next working
day following the bank holiday on Friday 8th May 2020. 
Please see below for WCG's response to your request for information 

* total agency spend so far for the 2019/2020 Academic Year
- £401,984.18
* agency breakdown by name - please see breakdown below 
* total spend for permanent recruitment - £36,507.68 
* advertising spend for the year - £13,471.40

Agency breakdown:
Dovetail & Slate Ltd
Morgan Hunt UK Ltd
Venn Group Ltd
Eden Brown Ltd
Protocol
Kate & Co Ltd
Rainbow Resourcing Ltd
ACR Recruitment
Catering Services International
Simply Chefs Ltd
jjFox Ltd
Jambo Ltd
Concept Technical Resources
Hunter Education Ltd
Edgware Associates Ltd
Boston Rose Ltd
Education Staffbank Ltd
Carbon Recruitment
Rugby Recruitment Services Ltd
Reed Specialist Recruitment
In respect of your request for information on how much has been spent with
each individual recruitment agency and the transfer fees and permanent
placement fees for each agency, Warwickshire College Group (WCG) will not
be disclosing the information. 

* WCG is applying the absolute exemption at section 41(1) of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (information provided in confidence). The
information was obtained by WCG from another person and the disclosure
of the information to the public by WCG would constitute a breach of
confidence actionable by that or any other person.

* WCG is applying the qualified exemption at section 43 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (prejudice to commercial interests). This
exemption permits public authorities to protect its own commercial
interests and those of third parties with whom it engages. 

With regard to the application of the public interest test, WCG believes
that the factors that weigh in favour of the public interest in
withholding this information include: 

 1. disclosure would make it less likely that companies or individuals
would provide WCG with commercially sensitive information in the
future and consequently undermine the ability of WCG to fulfil its
role; and
 2. disclosure would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of
WCG by adversely affecting its bargaining position during contractual
negotiations which would result in the less effective use of public
money. 

Kind regards
MRS LYNDA CROSS
DATA PROTECTION & FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
FINANCE & RESOURCES
WCG

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