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Recruitment Agency Spend

Date released
18 July 2023
Request number
202306018
Release of information under
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Information requested

  1. What agencies you use for recruitment?
  2. What framework you use for recruitment i.e. RM6277, PSR?
  3. Recruitment spend per year on Contract roles?
  4. Recruitment spend per year on Permanent roles?

Information released

We confirm that under s.1 of the FOIA, we hold the information relevant to your request and have answered in turn below.

Question 1

ONR use agencies available under Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Frameworks.  Please see below a table of the agencies we have engaged.

Agency name

  • Allen Lane LTD
  • Alpine Resourcing LTD
  • Badenoch & Clark
  • Hays Specialist Recruitment LTD
  • Keystream Group LTD
  • Methods Business and Digital Technology LTD
  • Michael Page International Recruitment LTD

Question 2

We use the following CCS Frameworks:

  • RM6160 for the provision of temporary agency contingent labour; and,
  • RM6229 for permanent recruitment services (however please note RM6277 will be used for the provision of temporary staff from July 2023).

Question 3

In the financial year 2022/23, we spent £1,652,895 on agency staff.

Question 4

In the financial year 2022/23, we spent £48,823 on recruitment for permanent roles.

Further Information

As part of our mission to be an open and transparent regulator, we regularly publish our FOI responses on our website and have recently published a number of responses regarding recruitment and agency spend. You can find our published releases here:

ONR - FOI: Releases of information

Exemptions applied

N/A

PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable

N/A