FOI Request - Council Agency Worker Data

Request 101003841254

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:

1.  The number of agency workers in your council in each year

2.  The percentage of the council workforce comprised of agency workers in each year

3.  The number of agency workers who have been with the council for over 2 years in each year

4.  The number of agency workers being paid over £75,000 (full time equivalent) per year in each year

5.  The council’s total agency worker spending in each year

6.  The overall staff turnover rate in each year

                                                                                       2024-25        2023-24       2022-23
Total number of agency workers
Total spending on agency workers
Agency workers as a percentage of workforce
Number of agency workers engaged for more than 2 years
Number of agency workers paid £75k and above (full time equivalent)
Overall staff turnover rate

7.  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:

Reason                                                                      2024-25      2023-24     2022-23
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.