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Nottinghamshire County Council�s workforce and staffing expenditure (FOI/8107)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 15 July 2026
Dear *********
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/8107.
Thank you for your request for information relating to Nottinghamshire County Council’s workforce and staffing expenditure.
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to your organisation’s workforce and staffing expenditure for the most recently completed financial year.
Please could you provide the following information:
1. Total Workforce Spend
Please provide the total annual workforce spend across the authority, including agency workers, contractors, interim managers, permanent recruitment, staff banks and outsourced workforce services.
This information is publicly available at Statement of Accounts | Nottinghamshire County Council. Please see Note 8 in the Draft Statement. You may also wish to see the Council’s Pay Policy Statement published on 1 February 2026 (Document.ashx).
Please could you provide the following information:
1. Total Workforce Spend
Please provide the total annual workforce spend across the authority, including agency workers, contractors, interim managers, permanent recruitment, staff banks and outsourced workforce services.
This information is publicly available at Statement of Accounts | Nottinghamshire County Council. Please see Note 8 in the Draft Statement. You may also wish to see the Council’s Pay Policy Statement published on 1 February 2026 (Document.ashx).
2. Current Workforce Suppliers
Please provide a list of workforce suppliers used during the last financial year, including total spend with each supplier.
See below*.
3. Managed Service Provider (MSP), Neutral Vendor or RPO Arrangements
Please provide details of any current MSP, Neutral Vendor or Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arrangements, including:
Supplier name
Contract start date
Contract expiry date
See below*.
4. Workforce Technology Solutions
Please provide details of any Vendor Management System (VMS), Staff Bank Platform or workforce technology solution currently in use, including:
Supplier name
Contract expiry date
See below*.
5. Top Workforce Suppliers
Please provide the top ten workforce suppliers by spend during the last financial year.
See below*.
6. Contract Renewal Opportunities
Please provide details of any workforce-related contracts due to expire within the next 24 months, including:
Contract description
Incumbent supplier
Contract expiry date
See below*.
7. Procurement Frameworks
Please confirm which procurement framework(s) are currently used for workforce and recruitment services.
See below*.
8. Responsible Department
Please confirm which department is responsible for workforce procurement (e.g. Procurement, HR, Workforce Planning or Commercial Services).
See below*.
9. Key Contact
Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the individual responsible for workforce procurement and recruitment services, where this information is publicly disclosable.
See below*.
* For questions 2-9:
Nottinghamshire County Council holds information within its contracts register relating to workforce, recruitment and staffing-related contracts.
As of the contract register extract dated 7 July 2026, the Council has identified the following relevant contracts:
| DN707357 | Senior Staffing Permanent Recruitment | Penna Plc | £500,000.00 | 28/01/2027 | 12 months | YPO framework |
| DN707356 | Senior Staffing Interim Recruitment | Adecco (UK) Ltd | £950,000.00 | 18/01/2027 | 12 months | YPO framework |
The contract register is publicly available and can be found here: Contracts register. The register records estimated contract values. It does not record actual spend against contracts, individual staffing engagements, agency worker usage, consultant payments, or workforce headcount. Actual budget spend over £500 is publicly available at Council spending information | Nottinghamshire County Council.
You may also find the links on the right side of this web page relevant/of interest: Doing business with us | Nottinghamshire County Council
Please note that any publicly available information is exempt from disclosure in the body of a response to a request under Section 21 of the FOIA 2000 (information accessible to the applicant by other means). This is an absolute exemption.
We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful.
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Yours sincerely
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executives Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
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