Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/098

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Report by Director of Human Resources (CA12).

This report gives an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2018.  It gives details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 September 2018 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 that gave an update on staffing numbers and related activity during the period 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2018.  It gave details of the actual staffing numbers at 30 September 2018 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 Brighouse, Opposition Leader, suggested that as the transformation programme went forward a new type of report was needed. Councillor Heathcoat, Deputy Leader of the Council, appreciated the point made and commented that a new report template would be used in future reports. Councillor Price, as Opposition Deputy Leader had been briefed on the new format.  Councillor Heathcoat confirmed that the new format would link into the transformation process.

RESOLVED:                               to note the report.