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FOI2023/00375: UKRI Agency Use 2022 - 2023

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2023/00375

Published 17 July 2023

Request

Request Received: 20 June 2023

For the use of agencies, please can you confirm if the UK Research and Innovation works under, Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Non-Clinical Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.

Please can you confirm the list of agencies that have supplied to the company under the framework through the dates of January 2022 - December 2022.

For the same 12-month period, please can you provide the list of agencies that have supplied to you staff outside of the framework CCS Framework RM6160 .

Please outline your spending per agency, broken down by grade and speciality of roles or lots department for the above time period.

Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles

Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles

Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists

Please can you confirm on what occasions you would look to go outside of the framework for roles as below;

Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles

Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles

Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists

Please can you confirm the highest agency hourly charge rate and their speciality staffing, for;

Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles

Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles

Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists

What contractual relationships are in place for supplying Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.

Lot 1 - administration and secretarial roles

Lot 2 - finance, accounts and audit roles

Lot 3 - IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialists

And who is responsible for managing them? Please can you please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing on staffing contracts for your organisation

Please can you provide details of the names of the decision-makers who ultimately decide which agencies your organisation uses for non-clinical staff for CCS Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277 and the previous Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160.

Response

Response Sent: 17 July 2023

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