Temporary Workers Employed via Agencies

Summary

The request sought the number of temporary workers employed by the Department for Enterprise via third-party agencies in 2023 and 2024, broken down by grade. The authority disclosed the specific counts for two agencies, Paragon and Search & Select, across three job grades.

Key Facts

• The Department for Enterprise provided data on temporary workers from two agencies: Paragon and Search & Select.
• Data was requested for the years 2023 and 2024.
• The breakdown covers three grades: HEO, EO, and AO.
• The request was processed in two hours.
• No information was withheld; all requested data was sent.

Data Disclosed

• 2023
• 2024
• Paragon
• Search & Select
• HEO: 2 (Paragon 2023), 2 (Paragon 2024), 1 (Search & Select 2023), 0 (Search & Select 2024)
• EO: 1 (Paragon 2023), 0 (Paragon 2024), 1 (Search & Select 2023), 0 (Search & Select 2024)
• AO: 1 (Paragon 2023), 1 (Paragon 2024), 2 (Search & Select 2023), 2 (Search & Select 2024)
• 4110734
• 2024-09-09
• 2024-10-02
• two hours

Original Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act and would be grateful if you could provide the following details: The number of temporary workers engaged by the department by third party recruitment agencies for the following periods, 2023 & 2024 please could these be broken down by grade, AA, AO, Secretary, EO etc. I look forward to hearing from you.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4110734 02 October 2024

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 9 September 2024, which states:

"I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act and would be grateful if you could provide the following details:

The number of temporary workers engaged by the department by third party recruitment agencies for the following periods, 2023 & 2024 please could these be broken down by grade, AA, AO, Secretary, EO etc.”

Our response to your request is as follows:

Please see the table below which shows the total number of temporary workers employed via recruitment agencies, who worked for the Department over the years 2023 and 2024.

Paragon Search & Select Grade 2023 2024 2023 2024 HEO 2 2 1 - EO 1 - 1 - AO 1 1 2 2

Please quote the reference number 4110734 in any future communications.

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This request took two hours to complete.