Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2015/029

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Report by Chief Human Resources Officer(CA9).

This report gives an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015.  It gives details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 June 2015 in terms of Full Time Equivalents.  These are shown by directorate in the Annex. 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 the report that gave an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015. It gave details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 June 2015 in terms of Full Time Equivalents. These were shown by directorate in the Annex. In addition, the report provided information on the cost of posts being covered by agency staff.

Councillor John Christie, Opposition Deputy Leader, welcomed the reduction in agency staffing and in querying whether the reduction was likely to continue asked whether more detail on agency staffing could be included in future. Councillor Rose commented that August will generally see a reduction in agency staffing. There was a cost to getting additional information and Councillor Christie agreed to discuss what was available outside the meeting.

RESOLVED:             to note the report