Thank you for your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act, which has been received by Wirral Borough Council.

In accordance with Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a requester should provide their name for a request to be processed (please see the guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office below):

What constitutes a real name?
We consider that a relatively informal approach is also appropriate in this context. Therefore, title and/or first name with surname satisfies the requirement for provision of a real name, as does the use by a female applicant of her maiden name. The prime consideration is whether enough of a person’s full name has been provided to give a reasonable indication of that person’s identity.

Example:
Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts could satisfy Section 8(1)(b) of the FOIA by stating his name in a request for information as “Arthur Roberts”, “A. T. Roberts”, or “Mr Roberts”, but not by stating his name as “Arthur” or “A.T.R.”

In most cases, it will be reasonable for a real name to comprise a name by which the person making the request is widely known and/or is regularly used by that person and which is not an obvious pseudonym or fictitious name.

Once Wirral Borough Council are in receipt of your full name, your request will be passed to the relevant department and we will aim to issue a substantive response within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely,

Emma Murphy
Information Management Officer
PLEASE FORWARD ALL FOI RESPONSES TO [Wirral Borough Council request email]

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Dear Mr Cooke

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information enquiry.  Our response is
set out below.

1. Do you have contract of supply in place for temporary agency labour
within Children’s Services and Adults Services ? - Yes, via Matrix

2. When did this contract start and when is it due to expire? - 01/05/22-
30/04/24

3. How much spend has gone through the contract in relation to Children
and Adults Social Work? – As no timeframe has been specified we have
provided information from the last 3 financial years

Total agency spend 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23  (spend to
in: date)
Children’s services  £2,965,648  £2,412,151  £2,656,033  £3,505,730
Adult social care  £354,520  £222,088  £144,266  £265,710
services

4. Have you procured Social Workers outside of this contract in the last
12 months? – No

5. If so how much temporary agency labour spend has there been in the
Authority outside of the temporary agency labour contract in the last 12
months? - N/A

6. How many temporary QSW did the authority have deployed across
Children’s Services in the last 12 months? – 30

7. How many temporary QSW did the authority have deployed across Adults
Services  in the last 12 months? - N/A

Yours sincerely

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

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