Agencies used within the last 12 months: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
FOI Reference: FOI/202500492598
Date received: 7 November 2025
Date responded: 5 December 2025
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 tables below:
| Agency | ASA Recruitment |
|---|---|
| Frameworks: | Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – North Region |
| Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – South Region | |
| Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National | |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National | |
| Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National | |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National | |
| Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – South Region | |
| Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – North Region |
| Agency: | Harvey Nash Group PLC |
|---|---|
| Frameworks: | Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
|
Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
|
| Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National | |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
| Agency: | Lorien Resourcing Limited |
|---|---|
| Frameworks: | Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – Nationa |
| Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National | |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National |
| Agency: | Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd |
|---|---|
| Frameworks: | Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2019 (3rd generation) – National | |
| Interim Professional Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – Nationa | |
| Interim IT Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – National | |
| Temp Admin, Catering & Manual Staff Services Framework 2023 (4th generation) – South Region | |
| 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, Procurement - temporary and interim staff services frameworks 2023 to 2027
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