Please provide the total amount spent by your council on external consultants and temporary agency staff in each of the following financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25.
Please break this down by (a) consultancy spend, (b) agency staff spend, and (c) total staffing budget for each year.
Please see the table below:
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Total spending on agency workers | £18,281,642 | £19,617,288 | £19,073,569 |
| Total spending on consultants | £241,407 | £215,971 | £603,267 |
| Total | £18,523,049 | £19,833,259 | £19,676,836 |