Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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Dear James Hamilton

Freedom of information request - FOI/9696

Subject: FOI - Children''s social workers

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Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

Dear James Hamilton

Request FOI/9696

Further to your request received on 12/04/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.

- Total amount spent on temporary/agency social workers in each of the
financial years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24

Amount spent on Children's agency social workers:

£3,735,416.72
£3,517,530.29
£3,974,726.38

- The total number of children's social worker posts for each of the
calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023 and the peak number of vacant posts in
each of those years

2021  –   235
2022  –   253
2023  –   215

Please note we cannot provide details of vacancies.

- The number of children's social workers that joined the Council's
employment in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023

2021 – 35
2022 – 58
2023 – 28

- The number of children's social workers that left the employment of the
Council in each of the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.

2021 – 40
2022 – 56
2023 – 49

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [2][email address]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

[3][email address]

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