Dear Mr Barnes

 

Please see our response to your enquiry below.

 

              1. The number of staff Wirral Council employs through an
agency broken down by year:

              2018/19- 124

              2019/20- 204

              2020/21- 234

              2021/22- 454

              2022/23- 419

 

              2. The number of staff Wirral Council employs outright i.e.
non-agency-  3561

 

              3. The number of senior officers who are employed through an
agency - 4

              Reference -
[1]https://www.wirral.gov.uk/about-council/...

 

              4. The total cost of all agency staff

              For 2022-23- £8,163k

 

              5. The average pay of agency staff, broken down by
department as well as across the council-

 

              Directorate/Department             Avg PAYE Pay
Rate          Client Net

              Adult Care and Health                 £27.63              
              £265,710.30

              Childrens' services                       £26.41
                             £3,507,038.00

              Law & Governance                        £40.24              
              £622,711.30

              Neighbourhoods                           £20.63
                            £295,089.40

              Regeneration and Place              £50.13               
              £1,951,328.00

              Resources                                       £41.37
                             £1,468,822.00

 

              6. The average pay of non-agency council staff, broken down
by department as well as across the council-

                            

              Directorate                                     Average
Gross Pay

              Adult Care and Health                  £ 21,971.11

              Children, Family and Education  £ 28,233.48

              Corporate Office                            £ 114,594.84

              Finance                                            £
28,772.55

              Law and Governance                    £ 32,361.92

              Neighbourhoods                           £ 21,326.94

              Regeneration and Place               £ 28,143.74

              Resources                                       £ 31,559.34

 

              7. A breakdown of the number of agency staff employed in
each council department-

 

             
Department                                                               
Number of Placements

              Adult Care and
Health                                               20

              Childrens'
services                                                     153

              DNU - Children & Young Peoples department      1

              Law &
Governance                                                    7

             
Neighbourhoods                                                        247

              Regeneration and
Place                                            14

             
Resources                                                                   
47

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Resources – Digital and Improvement

Wirral Council

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ

 

Email: [2][Wirral Borough Council request email]

 

Visit our website: [3]www.wirral.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

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