Please can you tell me how much it cost Devon County Council to employ agency social workers in the children’s services department, for the years 2017, 2018, 2019,2020 and 2021. Please can I have this as a total cost for each year, and as a percentage of each year’s children’s services budget.
Please see the table below:
| Year | Budget | Agency Spend | % |
| 2017/18 | £ 77,813,000 | £ 2,099,983 | 2.70% |
| 2018/19 | £ 84,154,000 | £ 2,786,808 | 3.31% |
| 2019/20 | £ 94,724,000 | £ 4,474,977 | 4.72% |
| 2020/21 | £ 101,460,000 | £ 4,987,510 | 4.92% |
| 2021/22 | £ 107,843,000 | £ 5,460,072 | 5.06% |