Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2017/067

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Report by Director for Human Resources (CA10).

This report gives an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017.  It gives details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 September 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 and an Agency Trend analysis in Appendix 2. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to note the report.

Noted.

Cabinet considered a report giving an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017.  It give details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 September 2017 in terms of Full Time Equivalents.  In addition, the report provided information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff and an Agency Trend analysis.

Councillor Laura Price, Opposition Deputy Leader, in recognising the scale of the reduction in staff that the Council has had to make in challenging times, stressed the need to retain and maintain the staff we have and welcomed the Capita staff coming back in house. Councillor Price noted that consultancy spend had gone up and noted the new arrangement with Comensura. It was important to ensure the expected delivery was achieved. Responding to a  request to see the contract framework Councillor Heathcoat, Deputy Leader replied that it would be shared with Political Group Leaders once the contract had started.

Councillor Heathcoat moved the recommendations.

RESOLVED:                              to note the report.