Response 3627500

Response to request for information

Reference

3627500

Response date

7 February 2025

Request

1. How many temporary staff/contractors were employed by the Council's Planning Department during the last two years (January 2023 until January 2025). This includes planning and enforcement staff at all grades (i.e validation, trainee, planner, senior planner, principal planner, team leader and DM/Service managers). Please also specify the number of contractors to each level
2. How much money was spent by the Council on temporary staff/contractors within the planning department during the last two years  (January 2023 until January 2025).
3. Do you have a managed service provider for the provision of temporary agency staff? If so, please provide the name and the date the contract ends
4. If you don't have a managed service provider in place for the provision of temporary recruitment agency staff, which recruitment agencies do you use and on what basis were they awarded?

Response

1. How many temporary staff/contractors were employed by the Council's Planning Department during the last two years (January 2023 until January 2025). This includes planning and enforcement staff at all grades (i.e validation, trainee, planner, senior planner, principal planner, team leader and DM/Service managers). Please also specify the number of contractors to each level

   • 3 x arena planning officer

      

   • 1 x principle planning officer level

      

   • 1 x enforcement planning officer

      

   • In terms of temporary employees during the above time period we have directly employed 3 on temporary (fixed term) contracts

2. How much money was spent by the Council on temporary staff/contractors within the planning department during the last two years  (January 2023 until January 2025).
   • For the purposes of this question we have only included spending as published on over 500 report which is available on our website.
3. Do you have a managed service provider for the provision of temporary agency staff? If so, please provide the name and the date the contract ends

   Not applicable – we do not have a managed service provider.

4. If you don't have a managed service provider in place for the provision of temporary recruitment agency staff, which recruitment agencies do you use and on what basis were they awarded?

   See our response to question 2 which gives you a break down of recruitment agencies used.

   We award agency contracts based on a minimum of three quotes in line with our contract procurement rules.  In additional to our procurement rules we access agency workers based on the skills needed for the cover.