Staff employed on temporary contracts in 2013 and 2014, by MP

IPSA holds the information that you request.

Please find attached, at Annex A, total number of employees employed on fixed-term contracts, who have a defined start and end date, and were employed at some point between 1 January 2013 and the date of your request, 19 September 2014.

Individuals employed on temporary fixed-term contracts include those who provide staffing cover for maternity or sickness. It also includes individuals carrying out paid apprenticeships, as well as employed interns, who receive a salary. Needless to say, each fixed-term contract varies in length. In some instances, the fixed-term contracts may have lasted a few days, and in other instances, they may have lasted a number of years.

Further, if an individual was initially employed on a fixed-term contract and subsequently moved, without a break in service, to a permanent contract, they are not included within the figures.

Please note, the figures provided at Annex A do not indicate that the individuals listed are still in employment, nor the number of people working in an MP’s office at any one time.