Recruitment Agency Spend

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Dear University of Reading,

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 2015/2016.

Yours faithfully,

George Scott

IMPS, University of Reading

Dear Mr Scott

This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information below and to let you know it is being processed.

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Yours sincerely,

Sinead Latham

Information Management & Policy Services (IMPS), University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH
t: +44 (0)118 378 8981 www.reading.ac.uk/foia

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From: George Scott [mailto:[FOI #410646 email]]
Sent: 06 June 2017 11:20
To: FOI requests at University of Reading <[University of Reading request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Recruitment Agency Spend

Dear University of Reading,

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 2015/2016.

Yours faithfully,

George Scott

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IMPS, University of Reading

Dear Mr Scott,
 
We are writing to advise you that it has been necessary to refuse this
request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
 
We estimate that compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate
costs limit established by section 12 of the Freedom of information Act
2000; this is currently set at £450 (or 18 hours work) by virtue of the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees)
Regulations 2004. Our estimate has considered the time it would take to
determine whether we hold the information and then to locate, retrieve and
extract it.
 
The primary reason for this is that to provide information in respect of
total value of spend on staff recruitment agencies for *academic* year
2015/16 (which is not centrally recorded) would require a search of the
procurement database and of individual invoices, which may be held within
Schools and Departments, where available. There are over 60 such
Faculties, Schools and Departments. If it took 30 minutes to collate the
data you have asked for one school (or equivalent), and for some it may
take much longer, it would take the total time spent on the request over
30 hours (30min * 60 units = 1800 / 60 = 30 hours), and this without
factoring in the time it would take to collate all the information from
individuals. This work takes us over the 18 hour threshold imposed by the
appropriate limit so in accordance with FOI this email acts as a Refusal
Notice.
 
However, under Section 16 (duty to provide help and assistance) we are
able to provide information in respect of the *fiscal* year (1 April 2015
to 31 March 2016) within the limits so we have provided this below and
hope this is of use to you.
 
 

Temporary Agency Staff Supplier Name Spend 15/16 (GBP)
REED £1,363,713
PERTEMPS £684,661
HAYS £233,097
ODGERS BERNDTSON/ INTERIM £145,581
ROC SEARCH £121,740
LKL RELIEF SERVICES £117,632
BLUE ARROW PERSONNEL SERVICES £46,640
MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT LTD £38,239
PROVIDE SESS £30,869
MAXWELL STEPHENS £29,997
TATE (CARLISLE STAFFING) £27,481
£2,839,650

 
 
 
We are required to include details of our complaints procedures, including
your rights to apply to the Information Commissioner.  The procedure is
detailed in our Freedom of Information and Environmental Information
Regulations policy on the web at
[1]www.reading.ac.uk/freedom-of-information-policy
 
If we are unable to resolve any complaint, you can complain to the
Information Commissioner, the independent body who oversees the access to
information regimes:
 
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
 
Email: [2][email address]
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Rebecca Daniells
IMPS Officer
 
Information Management & Policy Services (IMPS), University of Reading,
Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH
[3][University of Reading request email]    t: +44 (0)118 378 8981   
[4]www.reading.ac.uk/foia
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: George Scott [[5]mailto:[FOI #410646 email]]
Sent: 06 June 2017 11:20
To: FOI requests at University of Reading <[University of Reading request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Recruitment Agency Spend
 
Dear University of Reading,
 
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 2015/2016.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
George Scott
 
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manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
 
 
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