FOI25/26 182 Temporary and Permanent Agency spend in last 12 months

Date published: 10/12/2025

FOI reference: 25/26 182

Date received: 11/11/2025

Date responded: 05/12/2025

Information requested

Please could you provide me with the following information:

Temporary agency spend for Ancillary,

admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months.

Permanent agency spend for Ancillary,

admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months.

A Breakdown by spend of suppliers used for NMNC agency staff in the last

12 months

Confirmation of the Framework you use for NMNC agency staff ( eg ScotGov, Crown Commercial Services or Health Trust Europe. )

Name of Procurement manager and their email address

Response

Please could you provide me with the following information:

Temporary agency spend for Ancillary, -  admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months. – The spend was £1,975,759.78

Permanent agency spend for Ancillary, admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months. The spend was £41,250

A Breakdown  by spend of suppliers used for NMNC agency staff in the last 12 months

The breakdown by supplier:

Penna - £25k

Venesky Brown - £376,377.47

Aspen - £16,250

Lorien - £291,492.44

Harvey Nash - £543,810

Confirmation of the Framework you use for NMNC agency staff ( eg ScotGov, Crown Commercial Services or Health Trust Europe. ) – The framework is Scot Gov framework, APU

The contact is the Procurement Manager and the contact email address is: procurement@sqa.org.uk