Disclosure Log

Non-permanent staff spend (FOI/7569)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 23 April 2026

Dear *********,

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/7569

Thank you for your request for information relating to Non-permanent staff spend.

We are now able to provide the following information:

While VIA East Midlands may be owned by Nottinghamshire County Council it is a separate entity and therefore do not have any access to its records or information, any request would have to be directed to VIA East Midlands, therefore our responses are for Nottinghamshire County Council, only.
 
1.)Does Nottinghamshire County Council VIA East Midlands (The wholly owned subsidiary of Nottinghamshire County Council) have a contract of any kind in place with any agency for the provision of temporary workers that fall into the category of Administration, catering, refuse collection / driving, waste recycling and street cleaning
Nottinghamshire County Council have a neutral vendor managed service provider.
 
2.) If yes to the above question, who is the contract with, when did it commence and when does it expire
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) is Matrix SCM. The contract started on the 6th May 2024 and ends on the 5th May 2027 with an option to extend for a year.

3.) How much did the Council spend on agency workers falling into the category of Administration, catering, refuse collection / driving, waste recycling and street cleaning for the period April 2023 to March 2024 & April 2024 to March 2025.
The information below is from May 2024 to March 2025, from the start of the contract with Matrix SCM. For 2023/24, as Nottinghamshire County Council had a different MSP, this detail of information is not accessible.

  • Admin - £676,641
  • Catering - £58,234
  • Refuse Collection – £0
  • Driving - £677,695
  • Waste recycling – £0
  • Street cleaning – £0

4.) Who would be responsible for awarding a temporary staffing contract for the aforementioned job categories for Nottinghamshire County Council and Via East Midlands, please could you confirm the name of the individual and their position and role within the organisation, please can you provide the persons email address.
Hannah Gemmill, Head of HR, [email protected]

We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please email us at [email protected] quoting the reference FOI/7569 and we will be happy to review your request

For future reference, Nottinghamshire County Council regularly publishes previous FOI requests and answers on its website, under Disclosure logs, that may provide details relating to your query. (see link) Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.   Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/global-content/privacy