Locum and Permanent Staff in the Social Sector
Dear Brent Borough Council,
This is a request looking into the usage of agency staff in the social services at Brent Council. For the following, please can you differentiate between the Adults and Children's services.
- How many social workers are employed as locum? What percentage of the social services are locum staff?
- How much do locum staff in social services cost the authority each year?
- How much is spent hiring permanent staff through agencies?
- How many social workers have been hired as permanent staff in the past year? For this please could you differentiate between the ASYE staff and experienced hires. Also, how many of these hires have been through agencies?
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
Nirupa
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email. As per Section 8 of FoIA, please can you supply your full name and I will log your request.
Regards,
James Scott
Principal Freedom of Information Officer
London Borough of Brent
020 8937 1109
Dear Freedom of Information,
As requested, my full name is Nirupa Gnanendran
Yours sincerely,
Nirupa
Information request
Our reference: 6913397
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Dear Ms. Gnanendran
Thank you for your information request. We will forward it to the
relevant department who will contact you shortly.
Brent Council
Brent Civic Centre
Engineers Way
Wembley HA9 0FJ
[email address]
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Our reference: 6913397
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Dear Ms. Gnanendran
Freedom of Information Act 2000
To enable me to respond to your request, could you please clarify the time
period that interests you for the following questions:
How much do locum staff in social services cost the authority each year?
How much is spent hiring permanent staff through agencies?
The 20 working day timetable for responding to your request is halted
whilst we await the further details requested. If these are not received
within 40 working days of this letter the request will be closed.
I will not be able to take this matter further without this extra
information from you. Please let me know by 10/03/2017.
If I do not hear from you within the timeframe provided, I shall take it
that you do not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request
closed.
If you need assistance, please contact me on 020 8937 1365 or
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Tony Ozanne
[email address]
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Dear Tony Ozanne,
I would like the information to be provided using data for 2016.
Yours sincerely,
Nirupa
Information request
Our reference: 6913397
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Dear Ms Gnanendran,
Please find the attached response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.
Yours sincerely
Tony Ozanne
[email address]
Dear Tony Ozanne,
Thank you for the information provided.
On the original request I had asked for the difference in these values between Adults and Children's services. Please could this be updated?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Nirupa
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