Freedom of information response

Temporary Staff

Publication date: 
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Request: 

1) What was the value of spend on temporary staff from recruitment agencies by the Council in April 2022 - March 2023?

Please also ensure that a gross spend value is detailed and include all spend associated to any contract let for the management/provision of temporary staff by a contracted provider (whether Vendor neutral or Master vendor).

2) If you have a managed service provider (MSP) in place for the provision of temporary agency staff, please provide the following;

a. How was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let?

b. Who was the contract to manage/provide the supply of agency/temporary staff let to?

c. When did the contract to manage / provide the supply of temporary / agency staff commence, how long does it run for and what is the end date?

Response: 

1. The council’s spend on agency (i.e. non-permanent) staff (both on-framework and off-framework); 13,129,650 – this is on framework with matrix

Off contract - Butler Ross - £96,819, Early Links - £4,658, G2 - £16,322, Oyster Partnership - £26,694, Vivid Resourcing - £590,215, Total - £734,707

- By role type with matrix

Job Category

Client Net 22/23

Social Care Qualified

£ 3,211,564.57

Interims

£ 2,843,911.29

Legal

£ 2,328,449.30

Manual Labour / General Industrial

£ 1,761,266.47

Technical

£ 816,892.18

Admin & Clerical

£ 467,353.65

Engineering & Surveying

£ 416,145.91

Childrens Services

£ 326,215.40

Housing

£ 202,257.03

Housing & Planning

£ 117,136.39

Financial

£ 114,010.33

Procurement

£ 94,907.77

IT

£ 92,383.67

Commercial

£ 92,032.13

Facilities & Environmental Services

£ 81,104.97

Management

£ 54,332.58

Human Resources

£ 54,292

Sales / Marketing

£ 31,076.38

Social Care & Health Non-Qualified

£ 10,986.30

Catering / Hospitality

£ 8,466.47

Planning

£ 4,865.93

2. We are unable to answer this question under S21 as the information you requested is already online.

In issuing our response the Council has applied S21 of the Freedom of Information Act.

This means that the information you have requested is already available elsewhere so is therefore exempt from disclosure.

The information is available at: Current contracts | Our contracts | Thurrock Council

Request reference:
FOI 13660