Response 3550872

Response to request for information

Reference

3550872

Response date

10 September 2024

Request

1. How many members of staff are in your planning department if at full capacity?
2. On average, during the year from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, what was the staff headcount of your planning department team? If not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.
3. How many employees were directly employed by the authority during this period?
4. How many employees were employed through agencies during this period?
5. On average, during 2023/24, how many days were agency workers employed for to work in the planning department
6. How much was spent on employing agency workers in the planning department between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?
7. What was your average department headcount in the financial years (a) 2017/18 (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2021/23?
8. How many members of the planning department left their role between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?

Response

1. How many members of staff are in your planning department if at full capacity?
   

   As of 1st August 2024 we have 25 posts in our planning department at full capacity

2. On average, during the year from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, what was the staff headcount of your planning department team? If not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end.
   

   23.5

3. How many employees were directly employed by the authority during this period?
   

   317 (Q4)

4. How many employees were employed through agencies during this period?
   

   5 agency workers

   (This figure does not include ad hoc consultants)

5. On average, during 2023/24, how many days were agency workers employed for to work in the planning department
   

   130 days

   (This figure does not include ad hoc consultants)

6. How much was spent on employing agency workers in the planning department between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?
   

   £166,286.11

   (This information is available on our RBC website on Expenditure over £500) 

   You will need to download the relevant document and filter for agency.

7. What was your average department headcount in the financial years (a) 2017/18 (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2021/23?
   • 2017 – 14

      

   • 2018 - 14

      

   • 2019 - 17

      

   • 2020 - 18

      

   • 2021 - 19

      

   • 2022 - 19

      

   • 2023 - 21

8. How many members of the planning department left their role between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024?
   

   3