MPS expenditure on agency staff from 2017/18 to 2022/23
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.034922
I note you seek access to the following information:
How much did your police force spend on agency staff in the following financial years:
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Please see the below Metropolitan Police Service spend on agency staff in the following financial years:
2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23.
| Financial Year | Invoice Totals |
| 2017-18 (Apr-Jan-18) | 23,069,218.39 |
| 2017-18 (Feb-Mar-18) | 6,753,260.14 |
| 2018-19 | 27,815,891.95 |
| 2019-20 | 35,591,656.80 |
| 2020-21 | 35,100,766.36 |
| 2021-22 | 49,511,273.32 |
| 2022-23 | 82,991,159.45 |
The information has been obtained via looking at the REED Agency invoice spend over the above mentioned financial years, based on those inputs marked as Agency/Temp Staff and Contractors.
We have excluded Consultancy costs
Please note the figures for the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 & 2022/23 are inclusive of VAT, however the figures for 2017/18 are split between Feb-Mar-18 which are also inclusive of VAT and Apr-Jan-18 which are exclusive of VAT
The reason for the breakdown is due to the migration of accounting systems (SAP to PSOP) and data which took place in January 2018, limiting the information available to us based on those inputs marked as Agency/Temp Staff and Contractors.