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    • FOI request (FOIR-552370772)

      Staffing

      Requested Fri 06 October 2023
      Responded Tue 14 November 2023

      I would be grateful if you could please provide the following for each of the last three financial years, 2020/21-2022/23

      (i)                  Total spend on staffing

      (ii)                Total spend on agency staff

      (iii)               Initial budget for spend on agency staff

      (iv)               Annual percentage turnover rate

      (v)                 Annual percentage sickness absence rate

      If possible, the above 5 requests also broken down by department across  Hastings Borough Council

      I would greatly appreciate it if this could be provided in spreadsheet format.


      Response

      i)

      2020/21 - £15,541,436.94

      2021/22 - £16,110,268.03

      2022/23 - £14,786,852.15

      ii)

      2020/21 - £827,327.18

      2021/22 - £797,784.72

      2022/23 - £1,183,256.87 

      (Note these totals are also included in the totals for Question (i)

      iii)

      2020/21 - £435,940

      2021/22 - £427,260

      2022/23 - £435,610.00

      iv)

      Annual percentage turnover rate is only held for the whole council, we do not hold figures for individual departments.

      2020/21 - 14.9%

      2021/22 - 19%

      2022/23 - 18% 

      v)

      Sickness absence rate, Hastings Borough Council does not hold the information in the requested format (as a percentage), we only hold it as days lost per staff member per year and its only held for the full council, no departmental breakdown.

      2020/21 - 8.79 days lost

      2021/22 - 8.38 days lost

      2022/23 - 9.21 days lost

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