Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2016/147

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Report by Director of Human Resources (CA8).

This report gives an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017.  It gives details of the actual staffing numbers at 31 March 2017 in terms of Full Time Equivalents.  These are shown by directorate in Appendix 1. In addition, the report provides information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet considered a report that gave an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017.  It gave details of the actual staffing numbers at 31 March 2017 in terms of Full Time Equivalents. In addition, the report provided information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff. 

Councillor Laura Price, Opposition Deputy Leader thanked the County Council workforce for outstanding work at a time of huge reorganisations. She was pleased to see the reduction in agency staff and commented that part of that was about making permanent appointments where appropriate. She commented that it would be helpful to have an extra column in the annex in order to see the shift in agency staff.

Councillor Heathcoat in introducing the report highlighted that staff number were continuing to fall and where possible staff were redeployed although reducing numbers meant this was not easy. There was a rigorous challenge before recruitment but the transformation programme reduced the effects of reducing staff numbers.

RESOLVED:                              to note the report.