Council agency worker data

This is a freedom of information request regarding agency workers in your council workforce. I am looking for information for 2024-25, 2023-24 and 2022-23 and have included tables which you can use if convenient. Please provide me with: The number of agency workers in your council in each year The percentage of the council workforce comprised of agency workers in each year The number of agency workers who have been with the council for over 2 years in each year The number of agency workers being paid over £75,000 (full time equivalent) per year in each year The council's total agency worker spending in each year The overall staff turnover rate in each year A breakdown of the number of agency workers by engagement reason in each year. If your HR system categorises these differently, please use those categories instead: Cover for long term sickness Cover for acting up Cover for secondment Cover of other long term absence Filling a vacancy (no substantive postholder) If data is not available for any particular category, please provide the closest equivalent data. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.


FOI Reference : 3149193
Received Date: 21/08/2025