Scottish Government spend on interim workers: FOI release
- Published
- 10 February 2026
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202500492598
- Date received
- 7 November 2025
- Date responded
- 5 December 2025
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
Request for information 1: Your temporary and permanent agency spend for the last 12 months.
Request for information 2: A list of agencies used within the last 12 months.
Request for information 3: Which Framework agreement is utilised (Scottish Government, Crown Commercial Services)
Response
Request for information 1:
We classify all agency staff as interim workers. For the 12 month period November 2024 to October 2025, we have spent £7.072m amount on interim workers. We interpret ‘permanent agency spend’ as situations where we engage a recruitment agency to run an external campaign on our behalf. We have not engaged with any recruitment agency to recruit permanent staff in the last 12 months.
Request for information 2 and 3:
Please find the list of agencies and frameworks in the table below:
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Agency: |
ASA Recruitment |
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Frameworks: |
Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – North Region |
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Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – South Region |
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Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – South Region |
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Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – North Region |
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Agency: |
Harvey Nash Group PLC |
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Framework: |
Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Agency: |
Lorien Resourcing Limited |
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Framework: |
Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Agency: |
Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd |
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Framework: |
Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
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Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
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Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th |
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generation) – South Region |
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Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – North Region |
The categories of staff were Professional, IT and Admin. Further information on the Framework Agreements is available from the Scottish Government Website:
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
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