FI16172

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from the council from the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25): 

1. The amount spent by the council on temporary (or additional supply) staff from recruitment and employment agencies. Please can this be broken down into spending on temporary staff from recruitment and employment agencies in relation to:

a.) Children's social care (vulnerable children)

b.) Adult's social care

c.) Other 

2. The total amount spent by the council on all staff (including permanent staff, agency staff and freelancers etc). 

Please can the information be broken down by year, for the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25).

Response

1. This information is available on the Council’s website as part of the payment to suppliers data at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Corporate-Information/Financial-Information/Payments-to-Suppliers/Payments-to-Suppliers.aspx.  Please note the Council has no responsibility for children’s social care or adult social care.  These services are provided in our District by Kent County Council who can be contacted at freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk

2. As follows:

Year	Salary Costs Total
2020/21	£16,120,895
2021/22	£18,943,480
2022/23	£21,889,050
2023/24	£21,743,189
2024/25	£23,283,420