1. Please can you confirm your Human Resources (HR) and Organisational Development (OD) & Payroll arrangements are:
| In house | Yes |
| Outsourced | |
| Shared Services | |
| Other (please state) |
2. Do your HR, payroll or OD training or other related services trade with schools or, others?
| HR | Yes |
| Payroll | Yes |
| OD Training | No. |
| Other (please state) |
3. Please can you confirm your training budget arrangements are:
| Centralised, or | Learning and development budget is centralised, this covers e-learning and software costs. |
| At service level | Other training budgets are at service level. |
4. Please provide your total NET budget in £ for the last 5 years up to 22-23
| HR | OD /Training | Payroll Services | Other related (please state) | |
| 2022-23 | £3,150 | £1,089 | (28) | None. |
| 2021-22 | £2,806 | £1,245 | (109) | None. |
| 2020-21 | £2,781 | £1,235 | (443) | None. |
| 2019-20 | £2,691 | £893 | (459) | None. |
| 2018-19 | £2,561 | £756 | (430) | None. |
Note – OD budget plus the HR Learning and development budget have been included in column 2. The budget for service level training has been excluded from these figures as it is difficult to determine; it is spread across various codes and service areas. Any venue hire and catering costs associated with training at service level are also excluded for the same reason.
5. Please can you provide the number of employees for this period, budgeted or actuals or both if possible?
| Budgeted in FTE | |
| 2022-23 | 204 |
| 2021-22 | 199 |
| 2020-21 | 189 |
| 2019-20 | 187 |
| 2018-19 | 174 |
Please note: HR & OD staff have been included. Please also note that the information does not have any IT training costs included.
*FTE stands for Full Time Equivalent.