Dear London North Eastern Railway Limited,

Please find a Freedom of Information request as follows:

1) From April 2020, has LNER used external recruitment agencies to hire for permanent or contract roles? Fees paid are often known as 'finders fees', 'temp to perm fees' or a retainer fee
paid to recruitment agencies.

2) Please provide the total recruitment fees paid, and the number of people
appointed, for each of the following years:

1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021

1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022

1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023

3) Do LNER have any Preferred Supplier List(s) for recruitment agencies? If yes, please detail the suppliers on the list, and when this is due to be retendered?

Yours faithfully,

David Williams