Total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS from January 2018 to April 2023
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18. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018, please also list the spend according to business groups
19. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019, please also list the spend according to business groups
20. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020, please also list the spend according to business groups
21. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021, please also list the spend according to business groups
22. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022, please also list the spend according to business groups
23. What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2023 – 30/04/2023, please also list the spend according to business groups
24. How many agency workers, to include consultants, have secured permanent roles within the MPS
25. hat is the longest period of time that an agency worker has been employed to work within the MPS.
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Q18 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2018, please also list the spend according to business groups
Q19 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019, please also list the spend according to business groups
Q20 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020, please also list the spend according to business groups
Q21 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021, please also list the spend according to business groups
Q22 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022, please also list the spend according to business groups
Q23 - What was the total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2023 – 30/04/2023, please also list the spend according to business groups
Please see the below a table in response to Questions 18 to 23:
| Total amount spent on agency workers within the MPS, between 01/01/2018 - 30/04/2023, according to Business Groups | ||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| CLOSED Corporate Services | £3,905,570.40 | £719,846.40 | £33,124.96 | |||
| CLOSED Met Operations | £3,105,102.47 | £3,269,894.36 | £2,976,851.80 | £2,470,256.58 | ||
| Comms & Engagement | £23,585.72 | £347,019.84 | £497,594.15 | £443,606.01 | ||
| Digital, Data & Technology | £3,132,753.61 | £5,279,576.68 | £6,142,821.16 | £4,527,491.61 | ||
| Frontline Policing | £1,366,573.90 | £3,735,020.18 | £4,313,102.48 | £2,844,121.46 | ||
| MPS - Mayors Office for Policing & Crime | £172,506.58 | £103,975.84 | £56,356.27 | £89,997.75 | £1,679,249.06 | £622,474.39 |
| MPS - National Functions | £34,787.93 | £912,797.39 | £1,512,201.80 | £1,265,344.58 | ||
| People & Resources | £3,549,966.65 | £4,680,300.27 | £4,714,614.70 | £10,392,454.97 | £38,201,954.62 | £13,327,514.17 |
| Professionalism | £298,787.96 | £1,165,779.17 | £1,921,596.97 | £1,509,195.78 | ||
| Specialist Operations | £3,438,038.46 | £4,072,266.56 | £7,564,799.47 | £15,718,722.65 | £14,826,106.65 | £5,025,810.11 |
| Strategy & Transformation | £574,239.34 | £646,932.15 | £877,223.28 | £289,556.09 | ||
| Grand Total | £19,601,913.02 | £24,933,408.84 | £30,610,287.04 | £39,550,747.48 | £54,707,310.33 | £18,975,798.67 |
Q24 - How many agency workers, to include consultants, have secured permanent roles within the MPS
We are unable to provide a response to this question as we do not hold this information on our systems. If an agency worker takes up a permanent role in the Met, then a new IT/employee account is created for them. We are unable to cross-reference the permanent and agency accounts to determine who out of those who are permanent previously had an agency account as the agency accounts do not contain any individually identifying information, NI number for example, in them that could be used to cross-reference.
Q25 - What is the longest period of time that an agency worker has been employed to work within the MPS.
The longest period has been 10 years and 26 days.