Minister of Health, Social Servicesand Public Safety - Cost of Agency Staff from Outside Northern Ireland

Mr J Spratt asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the total spend by his Department on agency staff from outside Northern Ireland, through agencies based elsewhere in the United Kingdom, broken down by (i) salary; (ii) accommodation costs; (iii) travel costs; and (iv) other associated cost, in each of the last three years.

(AQW 5182/09)

Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety: The information requested is not held centrally and records are not kept in this format at Trust level.

Information on the use of Agency staff is published on a bi-annual basis on the departmental website at www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/hrd/wpu/wpu-monitoring.htm