23 May 2023
By email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Simran Aujla
We refer to your Freedom of Information request received on 21 April 2023 about
annual spend on recruitment agencies.
Details of any exemptions applied are below. Where any information is “not held”,
this is explained below. Those parts of the University’s response (together with the
details of how to ask the University to review the management of your request, or
thereafter to seek a review by the Scottish Information Commissioner, should you
wish to do so – please see below) constitutes the notice in writing that the
information specified is not held by the University which is required under section 17
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”).
Your enquiry
(Bold) and the University’s response
(Italics)
Please could you provide me with the total value of spend on staff recruitment
agencies, which agencies were used, and how much was spent with each
agency for the academic year 2022/2023?
In this instance we are providing financial figures as recorded according to our
financial year (August to July). As the financial year has not ended yet, it is not
possible to provide a final figure. However, the University’s spend on recruitment
agencies from August 2022 until the end of April 2023 is £95,489. A breakdown of
spend on each agency is provided below.
Name of Agency
Amount Spent
Newsquest Media Group
£10,000
PeopleScout Ltd T/A Tmp
£3,347
Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd
£5,200
Warwick University Services Ltd
£21,320
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
Name of Agency
Amount Spent
Hays Recruitment Specialists
£3,537
Digicast
£35,085
Perret Laver
£17,000
Total
£95,489
This concludes the University’s response.
Your right to seek a review of how your information request was managed
If you are not satisfied with our response or our reasoning set out above, you have
40 working days in which to require a review of our decision. Any such request
should be put in writing and should be sent to the Vice Principal (Strategy and
Governance) and University Secretary, Abertay University, at the address provided
below.
Vice Principal (Strategy and Governance) and University Secretary
Abertay University
Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 1HG
Tel (01382) 308000
E-mail
: xxx@xxxxxxx.xx.xx
The request should:
(a) detail your request for a review of our decision to be undertaken
(b) describe the nature of your original request
(c) explain the reasons why you are dissatisfied with our response
If you remain dissatisfied with how your request for information has been dealt with,
you also have the right, in terms of section 47 of FOISA, and within 6 months, to
apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have
handled your request properly.
Information relating to your right to seek review is available from the Scottish
Information Commissioner's website:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
or by contacting the Scottish Information Commissioner's Office at the following
address:
Scottish Information Commissioner,
Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews,
Fife KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Website
: http://www.itspublicknowledge.info
Or via the SIC’s online appeals service:
https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/appeal
If you are unhappy with the Commissioner’s decision, you also have the right to
appeal further to the Court of Session, on a point of law only, under section 56 of
FOISA. Please refer to the Commissioner’s website (details above) for further
information about your right of appeal to the Court of Session.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
