Please provide the following for each of the last three financial years:
(i) Total spend on staffing
(ii) Total spend on agency staff
(iii) Initial budget for spend on agency staff
(iv) Annual percentage turnover rate
(v) Annual percentage sickness absence rate
If possible, the above 5 requests also broken down by department across your local authority
| Year | Staffing | Agency Staff | Turnover | Sickness Absence |
| 2020/21 | £ 180,302,850 | £ 11,601,962 | 8.17% | 9.12 |
| 2021/22 | £ 192,733,711 | £ 15,223,408 | 12.76% | 12.03 |
| 2022/23 | £ 217,595,981 | £ 19,048,331 | 13.38% | 11.52 |
Devon County Council do not budget separately for agency costs, nor do we hold information broken down by department.