Money spent on temporary contract recruitment via recruitment agencies - Find a freedom of information request

Please can you advise (for NON hospitality, healthcare, education and social care positions):

1. How much money you spent on temporary / contract recruitment via recruitment agencies in 2023.

2. How much money you spent on permanent recruitment via recruitment agencies in 2023.

3. How many positions you instructed recruitment agencies to work on in 2023.

4. Do you have a preferred supplier list of recruitment agencies and if so who is on it and when does it expire?

5. Please can you also provide the name, job title and phone number / email address of the person in charge of the following functions:

HR

Recruitment (if different)

Procurement / Purchasing

Finance

Technology

Estates / Property

1. The total spend for 2023 was £5,900,000.

2. None.

3. 262.

4. Lincolnshire County Council has a neutral vendor in place called Matrix, contract expiry is 26.01.2025 with the option of a further three years.

5.

HR – Fiona Thompson, Head of HR, fiona.thompson@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Recruitment (if different) - Alison Miller, Talent and Resourcing Manager, alison.miller@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Procurement / Purchasing - Leanne Fotherby, Senior Procurement Officer, leanne.fotherby@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Finance – Michelle Grady, Assistant Director Finance, michelle.grady@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Technology – David Matthewman, Chief Information Officer (interim), David.matthewman@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Estates / Property -  Jayne Sowerby-Warrington, Assistant Director Corporate Property, Jayne.sowerby-warrington@lincolnshire.gov.uk