Temp Agency Staff Usage

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Dear Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,

1) How many agencies are on the agreed panel and which ones are actually supplying?
2) How many agencies that have supplied were not on the agreed panel (i.e. off panel spend)?
3) What was the spend by each agency?
4) When is temporary staffing supply up for re-tender?

Yours faithfully,

Mike Noden

Accesstoinformation, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your request for information regarding 'Temp Agency Staff
Usage' (reference number 25703). Your request was received on the
08/07/2013 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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Kind Regards,

Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Information Technology Management and Governance
Tel: 01254 585651
Fax: 01254 585286

Post: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, IT Dept, G Floor, Tower
Block, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancs. BB1 7DY.
Website: www.blackburn.gov.uk
Email: [email address]

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Dear Mike,

Thank you for your request for information regarding 'Temporary Agency
Staff Usage' (reference number 25703); please see our response below. If
you have any queries regarding your request for information then please
don't hesitate to contact me.

1) How many agencies are on the agreed panel and which ones are actually
supplying? All external agencies are used via MATRIX on the MSTAR
agreement

2) How many agencies that have supplied were not on the agreed panel
(i.e. off panel spend)? n/a

3) What was the spend by each agency? Information not held. All spend is
billed via MATRIX, and we can only therefore supply the total figure.

4) When is temporary staffing supply up for re-tender? Apr 2016

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision, you should write to: Sarah Slater, Information Governance
Manager, Information Governance, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
G Floor, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7DY or email
[email address].

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Kind Regards,

Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Information Technology Management and Governance
Tel: 01254 585651
Fax: 01254 585286

Post: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, IT Dept, G Floor, Tower
Block, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancs. BB1 7DY.
Website: www.blackburn.gov.uk
Email: [email address]

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