Permanent, full time contact and agency hires within the council - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. How many permanent/full time contract (FTC) hires did you make in the calendar year 2022?

2. How do you manage permanent recruitment? E.g. internal team, outsourced etc.

3. If outsourced, what service do they provide and who is your service provider, when does the contract end?

4. How much did you spend in a year on permanent recruitment to the nearest £100k for 2022/2023?? Please include any advertising costs and fees paid to agencies.

5. How many agency hires in a year did you make in 2022?

6. How do you manage the recruitment of Agency staff? E.g. a neutral vend provider, recruitment agencies direct, managed service? Where do you advertise permanent / FTC and temporary roles currently?

7. If the answer to question 6 involves a 3rd party, when does this contract expire? When will you decide on the future method & procurement? Who is the 3rd party?

8. On average how many temporary staff did you have engaged on a monthly basis(as an average) for 2022?

9. How much did you spend in a year on Agency temporary recruitment to the nearest £100k for 2022/2023?

Decision

1. There were 596 permanent/ Fixed-term contract (FTC) hires for new employees joining the organisation.

2. Internal Recruitment Team.

3. Not applicable.

4. £11,950.

5. 254.

6. Neutral Vendor. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) job board, social media and external job boards.

7. Please see information relating to the contract here: https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/ViewContractDetails?contractId=7738d660-c6ec-ec11-8115- 005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

8. LCC do not hold this as a monthly statistic.

9. £6,006,869.

Reference number
7120505
Date request received
16 June 2023
Date of decision
13 July 2023