The House of Commons spent £435,073 on recruitment in the last financial year.

The figures, obtained by Bullhorn, for the period in financial year 2009/10 as 28 February 2010 reveal:

• advertising £144,971
• staff costs £198,695
• other recruitment costs (eg response handling, testing, website maintenance) £91,407
• total £435,073

The data is for the House of Commons only. Staff costs are actual costs for HR staff including pensions and NI contributions.