FOI Request - Number of Refuse Workers

Request 101003058648

(1)  I am looking for the number of refuse workers in your local authority area. Could you please provide the FTE number of staff employed to work in the following financial years – April 2017/18, April 18/19, April 19/20, April 20/21 and April 21/22?

(2)  As well as the number of council staff employed to collect bins and recycling, could you tell me how many agency staff your local authority has employed in the years specified.

(3)  Finally could you tell me the cost to the council of employing these agency staff.  

Response 27-09-2022

1.

2017/2018 79
2018/2019 71
2019/2020 68
2020/2021 66
2021/2022 67

2.

Agency staff are used for short periods of time to cover long term staff sickness absences and for a period of 11 weeks over the summer months.  They were also used when Covid measures were in place.  These staff frequently change, we have up to 4 agency staff at any one time for varying lengths of time.  

3.

2017/2018 – £30,619.99
2018/2019 – £0
2019/2020 – £36,092.52
2020/2021 – £66,776.55
2021/2022  - £120,180.45