FOI 25-285 Temporary Agency Expenditure

Freedom of Information Request

Reference
FOI 25-285 Temporary Agency Expenditure
Request Date
07 Jul 2025
Response Date
11 Jul 2025
Information Requested

Please could you provide me with the following information: 
 
Non Medical Non Clinical ( NMNC) temporary agency spend for Ancillary, admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months. 
 
Non Medical Non Clinical ( NMNC) permanent agency spend for Ancillary, admin and clerical and corporate functions staff in the last 12 months. 
 
A Breakdown  by spend of suppliers used for NMNC agency staff in the last 12 months 
 
Confirmation of the Framework you use for NMNC agency staff ( eg ScotGov, Crown Commercial Services or Health Trust Europe. ) 
 
Name of Procurement manager and their email address  

Response

In the last 12 months (1st July 2024 – 30th June 2025), the Scottish Ambulance Service’s spend on Agency Staff was £12,524.  This was with Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd for temporary agency call takers in ACC, which ended around October 2024.  There was no other Ancillary, admin or clerical temporary agency staff utilised in the Scottish Ambulance Service. 

 

The Framework was bought through ESPO Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources. MSTAR4 (Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources) 

 

We have exempt the provision of the procurement manager’s name and email address under section 38 1(b) of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 as personal information.  Procurement can be contacted through SASprocurement@sas.com