Payments over £100,000 to recruitment agencies since 2021: FOI release
- Published
- 27 July 2026
- Directorate
- People Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector, Work and skills
- FOI reference
- FOI/202600517855
- Date received
- 21 June 2026
- Date responded
- 4 June 2026
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
Please provide a list of all individual payments or contracts over £100,000 made to recruitment or agency suppliers since 2021, including supplier name, amount, and purpose.
Response
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Year Start |
Year End |
Payments over 100k? (Y/N) |
No. of Invoices |
Net Total |
VAT |
Totals |
Detail/Comments |
|
Apr- 21 |
Mar- 22 |
Y |
1 |
£131,456.45 |
£26,291.29 |
£157,747.74 |
Supplier: UK Cabinet Office |
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This spend was to manage candidates who applied to the three volume Policy Advisor recruitment campaigns during 2021/22. The service provided included: applicant tracking system that was used; recruiters/administrators who managed the candidates and conducted the initial sifting and supported the assessment stages; pre-employment team that managed the offers and screening. |
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Apr- 22 |
Mar- 23 |
Y |
2 |
£95,750.00 |
£19,150.00 |
£114,900.00 |
Supplier: Sova Assessment Limited |
|
Provision of assessment expertise, on-line assessment solutions and a candidate online platform for the recruitment into the Scottish Government’s Graduate Development Programme. |
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Supplier: UK Cabinet Office |
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Apr- 22 |
Mar- 23 |
Y |
2 |
£92,341.00 |
£18,468.20 |
£110,809.20 |
This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform. |
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Apr- 23 |
Mar- 24 |
Y |
1 |
£87,163.00 |
£17,432.60 |
£104,595.60 |
Supplier: UK Cabinet Office |
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This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform. |
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Apr- 24 |
Mar- 25 |
Y |
1 |
£101,561.30 |
£20,312.26 |
£121,873.56 |
Supplier: UK Cabinet Office |
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This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform. |
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Apr- 25 |
Mar- 26 |
Y |
1 |
£131,271.55 |
£26,254.31 |
£157,525.86 |
Supplier: UK Cabinet Office |
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This is the annual fee that Scottish Government pays to advertise our jobs on the UK Civil Service Jobs platform. |
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