Question follow-through · 18522

Scotland Office: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.

answeredScotland Office

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Answering body
Scotland Office
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
22 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The number of agency staff employed in the Scotland Office in each of the last five years is as follows: YearAgency StaffJuly 2021 - June 20223July 2022 - June 20233July 2023 - June 20240July 2024 - June 20250July 2025 - June 20260

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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