Disclosure Log
Agency Workers (FOI/6329)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 30 September 2025
Dear **********,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/6329
Thank you for your request for information relating to Agency Workers. We apologise for the delay in responding and hope this has not caused you any inconvenience and thank you for your continued patience.
We are now able to provide the following information:
1 The number of agency workers in your council in each year
We hold information only on Average number of heads worked per Year
2022/23 = 381
2023/24 = 369
2024/25 = 360
2 The percentage of the council workforce comprised of agency workers in each year
% of NCC workforce (Headcount) % of NCC workforce (FTE)
2022/23 = 5% 4 77%
2023/24 = 5% 4 56%
2024/25 = 5% 4 1%
2 The number of agency workers who have been with the council for over 2 years in each year
Our previous contracted supplier did not record the information, as above, so below is the latest tenure that they recorded.
End of Mar
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Over 48 weeks
105
126
Over 2 years
14
3 The number of agency workers being paid over £75,000 (full time equivalent) per year in each year
As of the 31st March 2025 there were 11 agency workers on a pay rate that would be over £75,000 (FTE) per year. We changed our managed service provider for agency workers in May 2024 and therefore cannot provide that detail for a response to this question for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24.
4 The council’s total agency worker spending in each year.
Nottinghamshire Council TOTAL Agency Spend
2022/23 = £17,337,321
2023/24 = £18,311,802
2024/25 = £20,150,093
Nottinghamshire Council OFF contract spend
2022/23 = £1,552,936
2023/24 = £1,642,359
2024/ 25 = £4,328,765
Nottinghamshire Council MSP Agency Spend
2022/23 = £15,784,385
2023/24 = £16,669,443
2024/ 25 = £15,821,329
5 The overall staff turnover rate in each year
Turnover at 31st March
2022/23 = 11 14%
2023/24 = 9 22%
2024/25 = 7 72%
6 A breakdown of the number of agency workers by engagement reason in each year, If your HR system categorises these differently, please use those categories instead:
April 2022-Mar 23
Headcount Extra Workload = 206
Maternity/Paternity Cover = 8
Recruitment Difficulties = 19
Relocation = 2
Sickness Cover = 6
Special Project = 32
Vacancy Cover = 106
Apr 2023- Mar 24
Headcount Extra Workload – Funded = 54
Maternity/Paternity Cover = 12
Recruitment Difficulties = 8
Sickness Cover = 11
Special Project = 24
Vacancy Cover = 256
Apr 2024 - Mar 25
No*****of placements- Additional Workload = 18
Extra workload funded = 50
No Reason Given = 4
Parental Leave = 9
Pending Recruitment = 170
Project Work = 6
Secondment = 2
Short term cover (AL/Sickness/Overtime) = 64
Special Projects = 19
Vacant Post Cover = 7
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 foi@[email protected] quoting the reference FOI/6329 and we will be happy to review your request
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Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council
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