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Dear Jackson

Your information request (1569)

Thank you for your email of 13 February 2023 which contained an
information request. Please find answers to your questions below.

1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary/contractor
staff?
1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on temporary/contractor
staff?
1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism
2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent staff?
2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on permanent staff?
2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism

The Crown Estate has used agencies to recruit both temporary and permanent
staff. The total amount for permanent hires is £979,157 (to date for the
current business year) and the breakdowns for these roles are provided
below in an annex to this response. This includes job levels as well as
details of the area of the business to which roles were recruited.

However, we are unfortunately unable to provide a verified figure for
spending on recruitment of contractors and a related breakdown. This is
because the cost exemption at section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 is engaged. This is because our systems do not organise information
in a way that would allow us to extract this information easily; as a
result, we would need to spend a significant amount of time reviewing and
cross-comparing the information we hold, such that the cost exemption is
engaged. However, we hope that the information we have provided on
permanent recruitment are of some help to you and we would be happy to
consider any further questions you have in this area.

3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with permanent
recruitment?

4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with
temporary/contractor recruitment?

There is not one person who is responsible for permanent and temporary
recruitment, however, you can contact our team using the following email
address: [1][email address]. You can also access our recruitment microsite
at the following address:  [2]Welcome to our career site - The Crown
Estate (teamtailor.com)

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first exhausted our own complaints procedure before raising any concerns
with them.

Yours sincerely

Aimee Gasston

Transparency Manager

Annex: Job levels, permanent staff, and breakdown on spending

Key to job levels

Level 1 – Support

Level 2 – Manager

Level 3 – Senior Manager/Professional

Level 4 – Head of/Director

Digital

Level 1 - £10,000

Level 2 – £64,200

Level 3 – £130,809

Total – £205,009

Finance

Level 1 – £26,320

Level 2 – £80,200

Level 3 – £50,400

Level 4 – £74,000

Total – £230,920

Internal Audit

Level 4 – £45,000

London and Regional

Level 1 – £11,815

Level 2 – £0

Level 3 – £270, 332

Total - £282,147

Marine

Level 2 – £17,000

Level 3 – £26,000

Total - £43,000

Operations

Level 1 – £5950

Total - £5,950

People and Culture

Level 3 – £86,131

Total – £86,131

Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder

Level 1 – £6,861

Level 2 – £6,500

Level 3 – £68,230

Total - £81, 591

Strategy and Research

Total – £0

Windsor and Rural

Total - £0

Aimee Gasston   |   Transparency Manager

Pronouns: she/her/hers

M: +44 7552 863 512   T: +44 20 7851 5046

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From: Jackson Bates <[10][FOI #948737 email]>
Sent: 13 February 2023 09:53
To: Enquiries <[11][The Crown Estate request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Temporary and Permanent
Recruitment Information Request

Dear The Crown Estate,

Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of
information act covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month
period recorded:

1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary/contractor
staff?
1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on temporary/contractor
staff??
1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism

2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent staff?
2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on permanent staff?
2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting
the spend by job title/specialism

3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with permanent
recruitment?

4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with
temporary/contractor recruitment?

Please respond as soon as possible, thanks for your cooperation in
advance.

Yours faithfully,

Jackson Bates

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