Dear Aditi,
We refer to your Freedom of Information request received on 21/03/2024 about
recruitment. Details of any exemptions applied are included below (where
applicable).
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”) and under Regulation 10(4)(a) of the Environmental
Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (“EIRs”).
Your Request and Our Response (Request in Bold)
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 2022/23?
Invoice Gross
Recruitment type
Vendor Name
Amount (£)
Securitay Limited
52,096.16
Agency Staff
Community Resourcing Ltd
34,006.86
Agency Staff
LA International Computer
Consultants
12,795.60
Agency Staff
Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd 12,568.86
Agency Staff
Hays Specialist Recruitment
1,415.70
Agency Staff
Warwick University Services Ltd 17,240.00
Recruitment Advertising
Newsquest Media Group
9,999.92
Recruitment Advertising
Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd 6,359.94
Specialist recruitment
PeopleScout Ltd T/A TMP
3,000.00
Specialist recruitment
This concludes the University’s response.
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
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 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 section 17 of the EIRs,
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
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
: mailto:xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.scotexxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Website
: http://www.itspublicknowledge.info
Or via the SIC’s online appeals service:
https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/appeal
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
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