Human resources (HR)

  • Agency Staff Costs

    1. For the financial year 2022/23, what percentage of staff are agency workers? 6.9% 2. What was the cost? £19,078,114 3. What percentage is this of the annual staff budget? 9% Please note, these figures do not include school staff.

  • L and D/HR Systems

    I would like to know more about your L&D/HR systems, specifically used for training staff, whether that be for basic compliance or the upskilling of staff. 1. Do you use an LMS (Learning Management System) within your organisation? Yes. If … Continue reading →

  • Sickness Absence and Resignation processes

    Can you please provide the following information about sickness absence and resignation processes: Sickness absence process: 1. Do you have an employee self-certification form available or do you use any other form of self-certification? We use a generic self-certification form … Continue reading →

  • Highways/engineering grading and pay progression

    Please can you provide the following below with regards to the highways/engineering teams grading and pay progression arrangements: 1) How is the team structured? I.e. can you provide an organisational chart. Please see the following link for this information Highways … Continue reading →

  • HR Information

    I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information, under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. The current name of the Director of Human Resources Maria Chakraborty  2. The current name of the Head of Human … Continue reading →

  • Staffing

    Could you please provide the following for each of the last three financial years, 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. 1. Total spend on staffing. 2. Total spend on agency staff. 3.  Initial budget for spend on agency staff. 4.  Annual percentage … Continue reading →

  • Zero hours contracts

    Please advise the current number of staff you have employed on “zero hours contract”. There are in total, including schools, 21 employees on a ‘Variable Hours’ contract. If we were to exclude schools, the number of corporate staff would be … Continue reading →

  • Apprentices

    Please can you provide the following information about apprentices working in your local authority and local authority maintained schools: 1. What apprenticeship qualifications and levels does your council offer to externally recruited apprentices and existing employees within your council or … Continue reading →

  • Adult Social Care workforce

    We are looking for job titles and job descriptions for each role i.e. Administrative Staff, Contact/Contact Assessment Staff, Social Care Staff i.e. Qualified and Unqualified. Please could you provide these? The relevant job descriptions can be found in the following … Continue reading →