Agency Usage/Spend - 2023/2024

Dear Lowestoft Sixth Form College,

Do you currently handle all recruitment of temporary and permanent staff in house? If you haven't used any agencies at all in the last 3 years feel free to mention that here and ignore the below questions.

If you are part of a Multi Academy Trust, or a College Group. Is the management of the college/UTC's recruitment handled through the group, or independently?

Do you use a managed service provider for your recruitment?
What is the name of the managed service provider that you use?
How often do you review the usage of your MSP, and when is the next time this will be under review?
What decision makers are involved in the review of your MSP, please give names and job titles.

Do you currently Use a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) if so, what are the names of the agencies on this list?

How often do you review your PSL, is this done at a specific time each academic year/couple of years? When is the next time that the PSL will be reviewed?

What decision maker/s are involved in the choice of agencies for your PSL? Please give names and Job Titles.

In which month did you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?

What was your total Spend on recruitment agencies from April 2023 to present? If you believe that some of this information is already published, then please report the total spend for just the 2023/2024 academic year.

What month have you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?

Please provide a breakdown of this spend first by both Agency used, and temporary/permanent placement.

Please format this in a table with agency names on the left, then temporary and permanent as the column headings?

Please Provide a breakdown of the Total spend by Month.

Yours faithfully,

Harry Dowling

Dear Lowestoft Sixth Form College,

Any updates on a reply to my FOI request titled: Agency Usage/Spend 2023/2024?

Yours faithfully,

Harry Dowling

Dear Lowestoft Sixth Form College,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of the College/UTC’s handling of my FOI request 'Agency Usage/Spend - 2023/2024'.

[ It has now been more than 20 working days since my original request pasted below was sent over via the What do they know website. Can you please pick up the request and get back to me when possible
“Do you currently handle all recruitment of temporary and permanent staff in house? If you haven't used any agencies at all in the last 3 years feel free to mention that here and ignore the below questions.
If you are part of a Multi Academy Trust, or a College Group. Is the management of the college/UTC's recruitment handled through the group, or independently?
Do you use a managed service provider for your recruitment?
What is the name of the managed service provider that you use?
How often do you review the usage of your MSP, and when is the next time this will be under review?
What decision makers are involved in the review of your MSP, please give names and job titles.
Do you currently Use a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) if so, what are the names of the agencies on this list?
How often do you review your PSL, is this done at a specific time each academic year/couple of years? When is the next time that the PSL will be reviewed?
What decision maker/s are involved in the choice of agencies for your PSL? Please give names and Job Titles.
In which month did you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
What was your total Spend on recruitment agencies from April 2023 to present? If you believe that some of this information is already published, then please report the total spend for just the 2023/2024 academic year.
What month have you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
Please provide a breakdown of this spend first by both Agency used, and temporary/permanent placement.
Please format this in a table with agency names on the left, then temporary and permanent as the column headings?
Please Provide a breakdown of the Total spend by Month.”]

Yours faithfully,

Harry Dowling

Dear Lowestoft Sixth Form College,

Any updates on the internal review I requested?

Yours faithfully,

Harry Dowling