Agency spend and structure charts

Date released

22 May 2023

Request number

202304004

Release of information under

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Information requested

Please could you provide me with detail of your recruitment agency spend in FY 2022 and any information you might have for FY 2023, including the agencies in which you have engaged.

Please could you also provide me with a current organisation chart for Human Resources, Finance, Procurement and Technology, or any information that you could provide me with regarding these teams.

Information released

We confirm that under s.1 of the FOIA, we hold the information relevant to your request.

Question 1

In the financial year 2022/23, there was a total spend of £1,652,895 for agency recruitment.

There is a forecasted spend of £952,911 for the financial year 2023/24. Please note that this is simply an estimate and the actual spend may differ once the financial year has been concluded.

Please see below a table of the agencies we have engaged.

Question 2

We have enclosed three PDF documents detailing the organisational structures of our IT, Finance and HR divisions. Please note that the Procurement team are part of our Finance division, and therefore there is not a stand-alone structure chart for Procurement.

• IT, Technology and Delivery Directorate
• Finance Directorate
• Human Resources Directorate

The structure chart documents provided are the most recent that we hold and are accurate as of October 2022.

Exemptions applied

None

PIT (Public Interest Test) if applicable

N/A